By Arthur Alpert Remember that old Albuquerque Journal hand who told me I was too quick to finger management’s political commissars for what was wrong at the daily. My informant advised that a lot of mistakes could be laid at the door of young, inexperienced staffers. I’ve not forgotten and sometimes the Old Hand is […]
Entries Tagged as 'immigration'
Unflattering Comparison: The Journal’s Treatment of Immigration Story vs. That of Real Newspapers
August 4th, 2014 · No Comments · Congress, Fact Check, immigration, journalism
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Ashley Parker·Associated Press·Congress·Dan Balz·immigration·Jonathan Weisman·New York Times·Paul Kane·Washington Post
Inaccurate and Bigoted Editorial Evokes “The Paranoid Style”
July 21st, 2014 · 2 Comments · economy, environment, health care reform, immigration, inequality, journalism, regulation, role of government, tax policy
By Arthur Alpert Wow! What a July 4 editorial! I found it angry, bitter, twisted, deeply ignorant and inaccurate. That is to say, very satisfying. Let me explain. I have been reading the Albuquerque Journal closely for years but cannot figure out why it’s an insult to journalism. Why do the editors regularly violate its […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Benghazi·Guatemala·immigration·inequality·IRS·journalism·Richard Hofstader·The Paranoid Style in American Politics
The Associated Press Gets the Point
April 3rd, 2013 · 2 Comments · immigration, journalism, Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Just yesterday (April 2), I saw this message (in three different languages) on the T-shirt of a young woman in Albuquerque: There’s no such thing as an illegal human. What she wore was making an excellent point. Today’s Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the Associated Press has issued a directive to […]
Tags:"illegal immigrant"·ABC News·ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Adele Oliveira·Albuquerque Journal·AP Stylebook·CNN·Denise Tessier·Fox News·immigration·Kathleen Carroll·NBC News·Santa Fe New Mexican·The Associated Press·The New York Times
Another Thought About That Immigration Story
August 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann Here’s another thought regarding that front page Journal story from Aug. 30 about the undocumented family who moved from Arizona to New Mexico in the wake of the state’s controversial immigration law. Yesterday I wrote about the paper’s failure to use the story to make a case that Albuquerque Public Schools is […]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·immigration·SB 1070
AZ Students Swarming APS Not Exactly A Trend
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann Where there’s heat, there’s not always fire. That’s what I thought after reading today’s front page Journal story about the apparent influx of undocumented students in APS schools in the wake of Arizona’s controversial new immigration law? (read: “New Home: Family Came to N. M. to Escape Immigration Law”). The story traced […]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·immigration·SB 1070
Another Opportunity Missed
November 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Well aware that it’s operating with a skeleton staff, I held out little hope the Albuquerque Journal would send a reporter to cover the “Mexico in a Nutshell” speech by Carlos Fuentes the day before Halloween. As expected, the state’s largest daily did not provide reportage from the lecture that drew nearly […]
Tags:Albuquerque Journal·Carlos Fuentes·Drug Policy Alliance·drug policy reform·drug wars·immigration·International Drug Policy Reform Conference·Mayor Martin Chavez·Mexico·PEMEX·public health·University of New Mexico·Vicente Fox