By Arthur Alpert I know what you are thinking. You saw the Albuquerque Journal Wednesday, Nov. 2, the issue featuring all-Hillary’s emails–all-the-time, and you figure the Journal is in the GOP’s corner. And you have other evidence. Like the previous day’s imaginative headline, “FBI inquiry into Clinton emails becomes key” over an AP story on […]
Entries Tagged as 'Hillary Clinton'
Partisanship Is Not the Problem
November 4th, 2016 · 7 Comments · journalism
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Charles Krauthammer·Dave Cargo·Donald Trump·Hillary Clinton·It's Even Worse Than It Looks·Michael Gerson·Michael Hiltzik·Norman J. Ornstein·Steve Bannon·Thomas E. Mann·Winthrop Quigley
Speculations on the Journal’s Psyche
October 18th, 2016 · 1 Comment · journalism
By Arthur Alpert I don’t pick up the Wall Street Journal regularly and cannot defeat its online pay wall, but I glommed an Embassy Suites free-to-guests issue at the Foundation for Open Government luncheon Wednesday, Oct. 5, took it home and read it cover-to-cover. How refreshing! The news pages were crisply written and I never […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Donald Trump·Hillary Clinton·Matt Taibbi·Wall Street Journal·William Galston
Like the Pot Calling the Kettle Black: Albuquerque Journal takes on “media bias”
October 6th, 2016 · No Comments · Fact Check, journalism
By Arthur Alpert It boggles the mind. Did you see it? I refer to the headline, “Charges of media bias have merit” atop an essay the editors at the Albuquerque Journal ran on the editorial page, prominently on the editorial page Sunday, Oct. 2. The Albuquerque Journal charging bias! Talk about the pot calling the […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Brent Bozell·David Duke·Donald Trump·Fox News·Glenn Kessler·Hillary Clinton·Howard Kurtz·Jay Ambrose·Lester Holt·media bias·Michael Coleman·Michelle Ye Hee Lee·Peggy Noonan·Presidential Debate 2016·Washington Post
Making the Delegate Call: Journal Editorializes against Itself
June 10th, 2016 · 1 Comment · journalism
By Arthur Alpert Do the honchos at the Albuquerque Journal ever read the Albuquerque Journal? I’m not kidding. In a moment I will present hard evidence to bolster the hypothesis that they don’t or that they read it but don’t grasp what the words mean. I can’t be certain. But consider this: On the Opinion […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·Bernie Sanders·Democratic presidential nomination·Hillary Clinton·media·Spiro Agnew
A Self-Made Trap: Pity for the Commissars, Part Two
May 8th, 2016 · No Comments · journalism, Koch brothers
By Arthur Alpert As I write Thursday, May 6, Albuquerque Journal editors ask a good question at the top of the front page, “Is the GOP ready to follow Trump? I have a better question –is the Albuquerque Journal ready to follow Trump? The Journal has spent the entire primary season, after all, clobbering Mr. […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Donald Trump·Hillary Clinton·Jeb Bush·Koch brothers·Matea Gold·Michael Coleman·Mike McIntire·New York Times·Scott Walker·Ted Cruz·Washington Post
Pity for the Commissars
April 29th, 2016 · No Comments · journalism
By Arthur Alpert The Albuquerque Journal’s trespasses against journalism come so fast and furious there’s no keeping up. It requires that I identify and comment on issues every single day. It’s too much, I get confused trying to figure out what to tackle first, fail to cope and feel guilty. When will I get around, […]
Tags:ABQ Free Press·Arthur Alpert·behavioral health·Dan Vukelich·Donald Trump·Hillary Clinton·Jay McCleskey·Joline Gutierrez Krueger·KUNM-FM·Winthrop Quigley
Kevin McCarthy, Benghazi And The Journal’s Twelve Day Gaffe Gap
October 22nd, 2015 · 2 Comments · Congress, Fact Check, journalism, Washington
By Arthur Alpert Last time out, I copped to my masochism in reading the Albuquerque Journal closely for five years, shared my initial shock and eventual acceptance of the fact that management deliberately and routinely substitutes political decisions for what are, at respectable newspapers, news decisions, and wrote: “I can no longer extend the benefit […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Benghazi committee·Carol Leonnig·Clayton Youngman·Erica Werner·Hillary Clinton·Kevin McCarthy·Lawrence Kellman·Major Bradley Podliska·Racheal Bade·Richard Hanna·Sean Hannity·Tom Hamburger·Trey Gowdy
The Journal is troubled by undue influence of the rich and powerful — but only when it comes to the Clinton Foundation
August 6th, 2015 · 2 Comments · campaign finance reform, journalism
By Arthur Alpert Unbelievable! I mean that literally. Sometimes what I happen upon in the Albuquerque Journal is not to be believed. Well, in truth the Journal publishes material every day for which grains of salt are recommended, but what happened today (August 6) was so blatant and egregious as to elicit that “Unbelievable!” Or, […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·campaign finance·Citizens United·Hillary Clinton·Jeb Bush·Robert Mercer·super PACs·Ted Cruz
Watching The Journal Cover The Presidential Campaign
July 21st, 2015 · No Comments · campaign finance reform, journalism, Koch brothers
By Arthur Alpert As an independent voter, I am watching the burgeoning 2016 presidential campaign without great enthusiasm. When the major parties name their standard-bearers, I’ll have to choose the lesser corporate evil. It’s great fun, though, watching the Albuquerque Journal – political machine in newspaper costume – cover the campaign. And the best part […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Bernie Sanders·campaign finance·Charles Krauthammer·Chris Cilizza·Donald Trump·Gov. Scott Walker·Hillary Clinton·Jeb Bush·Koch brothers·Monica Davey·Sen. Ted Cruz
The Principal Issue
June 1st, 2015 · No Comments · journalism
By Arthur Alpert When grocery shopping, I particularly enjoy the bottled juices aisle. It’s the creativity of the labels, their brilliant use of words, graphics and numbers to persuade consumers to buy colored water under the impression it is juice. I am impressed, as well, with the major corporations behind those profitable deceptions. And then […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Benghazi·Hillary Clinton·House Intelligence Committee