By Denise Tessier As often happens when preparing a post for this site, I spend an inordinate amount of time trying to navigate the Albuquerque Journal’s Web site, ABQjournal.com, in search of links to embed. Even as a subscriber with years of access to the site, it’s an often-frustrating task. Sometimes, an article’s link leads […]
Entries from May 30th, 2011
A Good Story Is Hard To Find
May 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags:ABQ News Seeker·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Marisol Valles Garcia·Mexico
From News Comfort Zone to Isolation: Breaking Through the Web of Me
May 24th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Earlier this month, The New York Times ran a short piece reporting that “almost as many Americans now receive their political campaign news from the Internet as from newspapers.” This is significant because, as the Times story pointed out, “online news tends to be partisan.” The purpose of the Times story was […]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Eli Pariser·online news preferences·partisanship·Pew Research Center·search engine preferences·What Is the Internet Hiding?
A Good Question Is Raised – But Not by the Journal
May 16th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier The Weekly Alibi has run an editorial I’d hoped I would read in the Journal – not exactly as worded by its guest columnist – but the gist of the message is there: With President David Schmidly’s late-April declaration that he will be stepping down next year, the time has come to […]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·David Schmidly·University of New Mexico·university president compensation·Weekly Alibi
When the Local Daily Delivers National News
May 9th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Years ago, before we had quick access to in-depth national reports via the Internet, on more than one occasion I found myself defending the Albuquerque Journal for its so-called shortcomings in delivering national news. In one conversation in particular, an indignant local resident called the Journal “useless” and not worth buying because […]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Associated Press·Death of bin Laden·Geronimo·Leslie Linthicum·Thom Cole·UpFront
A Sane Report on Health Care Policy
May 2nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · health care reform
By Denise Tessier Winthrop Quigley has done it again: He has managed to get a sensible health care piece in the Albuquerque Journal. Judging from the headline, “Health-Care Reform Act Assailed,” one initially might think the article at the top of the Business page (D6) on April 29 was yet another Journal attack on “Obamacare”. […]
Tags:Albuquerque Journal·Cal Thomas·headlines·health care reform·UpFront·Winthrop Quigley
