By Arthur Alpert What’s a saving grace? Well, an online dictionary says it’s “a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.” I was grappling with the question, you see, of whether – where healthcare reporting is concerned – Winthrop Quigley is the Albuquerque Journal’s saving grace. The answer is no, but [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Associated Press'
The Tactics of Offense and Defense: How the Journal Reshapes Healthcare News
May 15th, 2013 · No Comments · health care reform, journalism, Uncategorized
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·Deane Waldman·health care·Jon Kamp·Medicare Advantage·New Mexico Health Care Exchange·Obamacare·Ricardo Alonzo-Zaldivar·Sandhya Somashekhar·Sarah Kliff·Sidonie Squier·Steven Brill·Tom Murphy·Wall Street Journal·Winthrop Quigley
Signs of Spring?
March 31st, 2013 · No Comments · budget policy, economy, journalism
By Arthur Alpert It’s warm again this morning, but as a wise New Mexican I won’t call the swamp cooler guy. It’s another false spring. A perpetual optimist, I keep scrutinizing the morning paper, too, for signs of an Albuquerque Journal spring. And recently a few greens sprouted. Did you notice the story headlined, “Parties [...]
Tags:ALEC·American Legislative Exchange Council·Anthony Lewis·Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·Brad Plummer·David Espos·DOMA·Mark Sherman·minimum wage·Robert J. Samuelson
There’s No Excuse for Journal’s One-sided Account of Hostess Liquidation
November 27th, 2012 · 1 Comment · economy, Fact Check, financial coverage, journalism, labor, Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert This post begins as a tale of two headlines. It will end with an unfunny joke. The Albuquerque Journal headline on the Business Page Saturday, November 17, told us: “Workers’ Strike Proves Fatal to Hostess” The Wall Street Journal headline on the front page that same day read: “Twinkie Maker Hostess To [...]
Tags:Argus Hamilton·Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·bankruptcy·Daily Kos·Frank Hurt·Hostess·Hostess Brands Inc.·Laura Clawson·New York Times·organized labor·Twinkies·unions·Wall Street Journal
More Than A Grain of Salt
September 26th, 2012 · 1 Comment · health care reform, journalism
By Arthur Alpert I write today to praise salt. Physicians may decry its presence in our food, but it’s essential for reading our local newspaper. I prescribe great quantities to protect yourself, specifically, from the Associated Press product reproduced in the Albuquerque Journal daily – not grains of salt but volumes akin to what our [...]
Tags:AP Washington Bureau·Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·Michael Calderone·NM Independent·Politico·Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar·Ron Fournier
Behind the Curve
August 24th, 2012 · 1 Comment · budget policy, economy, regulation, role of government
By Arthur Alpert I run as fast as I can but cannot keep up. Let me explain my routine. After spending a few hours shaping a piece on Albuquerque Journal management’s malfeasance, I save it and go about some other business. Tomorrow, I figure, I’ll double-check, proof and give it a final rewrite. But tomorrow [...]
Tags:Associated Press·Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation·Peter Whoriskey·regulation·Robert Samuelson·Social Security·Stephen Ohlemacher
The Point of the Exercise
July 25th, 2012 · No Comments · campaign finance reform, journalism
By Arthur Alpert “The Journal still hasn’t reported Senate Republicans blocked passage of the DISCLOSE Act, aimed at identifying big contributors to non-profits engaging in political activity,” I wrote here July 19. That’s still true, but an AP Washington Bureau commentary posing as a news story did mention it Friday, July 20 on A6. I [...]
Tags:AP·AP Washington Bureau·Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·Disclose Act·Henry C. Jackson
The Long War
June 11th, 2012 · No Comments · health care reform, role of government, Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert OK, it’s not on the top of the news agenda these days, but if you can put aside the presidential sparring, economy and Wisconsin recall for a moment, I’d like to remind you there’s still a war going on. I refer to the Albuquerque Journal’s long war on Obamacare, waged not just [...]
Tags:AP·Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·doughnut hole·healthcare reform·Obamacare·Peter Baker·pharmaceutical industry·Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
