By Arthur Alpert “The Journal is complicit is helping shrink women’s access to health services (and putting roadblocks in front of life-saving stem cell research) and appears to be doing so purposefully by putting on appearances of thoroughly covering an issue, while withholding critical information.” That was how Denise Tessier summed up her persuasive analysis […]
Entries Tagged as 'George Orwell'
Ignoring History
April 4th, 2016 · 2 Comments · journalism
Tags:Age of Reason·Arthur Alpert·Denise Tessier·Donald Trump·George Orwell·John Stuart Mill·the Enlightenment·Victor Davis Hanson·William Faulkner
Standing Up for George Orwell, Citing Pete Domenici and Fact-checking The Fact-free Victor Davis Hanson
January 7th, 2015 · 2 Comments · budget policy, energy policy, Fact Check, journalism, Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert Is a newspaper responsible for its syndicated columnists? For the columnists’ factual accuracy and intellectual honesty, I mean. It’s not an easy question. An answer in the affirmative puts a serious burden on editors. It’s time-consuming to read copy carefully and decide if it should be published as is, corrected or shelved. […]
Tags:American Energy Alliance·Arthur Alpert·energy policy·gas prices·George Orwell·Hoover Institute·Los Alamos National Laboratory·National Energy Technology Laboratory·oil industry·Pete Domenici·Sandia National Laboratory·the Bureau of Mines·Victor Davis Hanson
Voter Fraud, Orwell and Chutzpah
September 27th, 2012 · 1 Comment · journalism, voting rights
By Arthur Alpert What’s most amazing about the Albuquerque Journal is not its daily assault on journalistic decency. No, it’s the nerve – chutzpah, if you prefer – with which management crusades against fairness. Today, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, the editors published an Op Ed criticizing certain journalists for selling out and quoting George Orwell. […]
Tags:ALEC·Arthur Alpert·Brennan Center for Justice·Corbin Carson·Dan Boyd·George Orwell·Koch brothers·Natasha Kahn·National Center for Public Policy Research·NCPPR·Secretary of State Dianna Duran·voter fraud·voter ID·voter suppression·voting rights
George Orwell, Meet the Journal Center
February 29th, 2012 · No Comments · energy policy
By Arthur Alpert Great minds think alike! Denise Tessier and Arthur Alpert arrived independently at posts about the Journal and the New Mexico Energy Forum. Now that you’ve read hers, here’s Arthur’s perspective. The Editor The Albuquerque Journal is nothing if not resourceful in promoting its editorial agenda outside its editorials. You know those identifiers […]
Tags:American Petroleum Instutite·George Orwell·Independent Source PAC·Michael Corwin·New Mexico Energy Forum·NM Energy Forum