By Denise Tessier My colleague Arthur Alpert is quite good at pointing out instances in which the Albuquerque Journal fails to carry a column that is at cross-purposes with the conservative newspaper’s ideological bent. Here’s yet another glaring example: The Journal (so far) has failed to run a Dana Milbank column that warned news consumers […]
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‘Real Attacks, Fake News’
August 26th, 2014 · No Comments · Congress, journalism, Washington
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·Benghazi·Dana Milbank·Denise Tessier·GOP scandalmongers·National Journal·NRCC fake news sites·Shane Goldmacher·Washington Post
Dozens of Benghazi Stories — Why Not This One?
August 4th, 2014 · No Comments · Congress, journalism, Washington
By Denise Tessier For a while there, the Albuquerque Journal was running something about Benghazi pretty much every day. Correction: For a while there, the Journal was running stories about what Republicans were saying about Benghazi pretty much every day. But last week, when it was reported that the House Intelligence Committee – led by […]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Associated Press·Benghazi hearings·Dana Milbank·Denise Tessier·Hillary Clinton·John Kerry·Rep. Darrell Issa·Rep. Mike Thompson·San Francisco Chronicle·Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Varying the Usual Recipe in Obamacare Coverage
February 14th, 2014 · No Comments · Fact Check, health care reform, journalism
By Arthur Alpert If you visit this site often, you know the Albuquerque Journal is less a newspaper than a restaurant where cooks follow several recipes in a daily effort to feed readers a diet of rightist advocacy. One favorite recipe begins with a ”news story,” often from the Associated Press Washington Bureau, that leans […]
Tags:ACA·Affordable Care Act·Andrew Taylor·Argus Hamilton·Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·Calvin Woodard·CBO·Congressional Budget Office·Dana Milbank·George Will·Jonah Goldberg·Kevin Robinson-Avila·Obamacare·Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
Conspiracy Thesis
March 11th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert What’s the difference between crazy conspiracy theorists and the sane variety? Easy, the nuts know how everything fits into one elaborate plot, while reasonable folks harbor a few doubts. Which means I’m borderline loco, because I find the evidence more persuasive every day that the Albuquerque Journal pushes a political agenda in […]
Tags:conspiracy theory·Dana Milbank·E.J. Dionne·Mark Zandi·Pew Research Center·Robert Samuelson
A Tale of Two Columns
October 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert This is a tale of two columns. They’re both by Dana Milbank whose Washington Post pieces the Albuquerque Journal often publishes in its Op Ed pages. The Journal published one today (Oct. 25) under the headline: “Democratic Party Head Tries to Keep Confidence Going”. In it, Milbank ridiculed Chris Van Hollen, the […]
Tags:A Tea Party of populist posers·Dana Milbank·fairness·Op Ed page