By Arthur Alpert I have become Pavlov’s dog and I don’t like it. You may remember how Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) conditioned a dog to salivate at the ring of a bell. Well, editors at the Albuquerque Journal (Pavlov) have trained me (pooch) to rush from the breakfast table to the iMac. There’s no […]
Entries Tagged as 'E.J. Dionne'
The Journal-Koch Brothers Relationship: How tight is it?
April 29th, 2015 · 4 Comments · campaign finance reform, journalism, Koch brothers, Uncategorized
Tags:ALEC·Andy Koenig·Arthur Alpert·E.J. Dionne·Eric Stern·Freedom Partners·Koch brothers·Libre Initiative·Paul Waldman·Politico·Washington Post
The Albuquerque Journal ‘Needs To Change Its Tune’
January 14th, 2014 · No Comments · health care reform, journalism
By Denise Tessier I read with interest this morning’s column “New Mexico Needs To Change Its Tune,” by Albuquerque Journal business writer Winthrop Quigley. This link-line from the Journal’s web front page pulled me into the article: If a culture is defined by the words used to describe it, we need to find new words. […]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Associated Press·Colleen Heild·Denise Tessier·Diane Denish·doctor shortages·E.J. Dionne·Gov. Susana Martinez·health care reform·James Besante·The Heritage Foundation·Winthrop Quigley
If Only It Was That Simple
April 29th, 2013 · No Comments · Fact Check, journalism
By Arthur Alpert Back in the 1990s, when I co-owned and edited Prime Time, a monthly for New Mexican seniors, I regularly spoke to civic and senior organizations on “How the News Get Shaped.” Having worked in print and broadcast news (network, local and cable) I saw how the journalism differed depending on technology, how […]
Tags:Amy Goodman·Arthur Alpert·Cal Thomas·Charles Krauthammer·E.J. Dionne·Eugene Robinson·George W. Bush·George Will·Jonah Goldbert·Robert Samuelson·Victor Davis Hanson
How Race for the Cure Coverage Led to Myth About the Cause
February 28th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, who criticized President Obama for his handling of contraception coverage, nonetheless in a column that ran in Saturday’s Albuquerque Journal took up for the president in terms of the continuing personal attacks the controversy has spawned. As Dionne points out, when Obama isn’t a Muslim, as some opponents claim, […]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·breast cancer /abortion myth·contraception coverage·E.J. Dionne·health care reform·Planned Parenthood·religious rhetoric·Susan G. Komen
Fig Leaf
January 11th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert Why does Albuquerque Journal management run E.J. Dionne Jr.’s syndicated essays? Surely, the editors don’t believe that publishing the soft-spoken liberal fools anybody into thinking the Journal is fair. Not when there are umpteen columns by Cal Thomas and Jonah Goldberg and Charles Krauthammer and George Will to every Dionne piece. And […]
Tags:Charles Krauthammer·E.J. Dionne·George Will·Jonah Goldberg
The Journal's Anti-Labor Narrative
September 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert I promised to consider the Albuquerque Journal’s major narratives. On the heels of Labor Day, the newspaper’s eternal crusade against organized labor seems an appropriate choice. That position seems sharper recently, as management downplays the thinking of traditional conservatives like Sen. Domenici in favor of the laissez-faire religion preached at the Rio […]
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
The Unselected Works of E.J. Dionne
February 23rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert I’ve often written about the Journal’s habit of publishing mild “liberal” opinions from national commentators (e.g., E. J. Dionne Jr., Eugene Robinson) on its Op Ed pages. Stronger pro-middle class statements rarely make the paper. And I’ve pointed to Journal editors’ proclivity for topping those liberal Op Ed columns with dull, senseless, […]
Tags:E.J. Dionne·Is the Tea Party Winning?·syndicated columnists
The Giffords Shooting: Both Sides Now
January 11th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert In general, balanced journalism is second-rate stuff. Balance, after all, is neither truth nor fairness. And it imposes an either-or straitjacket on messy reality. Today’s Albuquerque Journal Op Ed page, however, deserves applause for attempting to be even-handed. The page provides contrasting perspectives on the Gabby Giffords story. In a soft but […]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·E.J. Dionne·George F. Will