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. […]
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A Self-Made Trap: Pity for the Commissars, Part Two
May 8th, 2016 · No Comments · journalism, Koch brothers
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
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
Tools of Misapprehension
July 30th, 2015 · No Comments · health care reform, journalism, role of government, social safety net, war and peace
By Arthur Alpert That the Albuquerque Journal makes most news decisions politically is so obvious it’s become (borderline) boring. Yet the skill with which the editors wield their tools to produce the paper’s daily misapprehension of reality still fascinates me, as does the relentlessness of the effort. By tools, I mean headlines, where stories run, […]
Tags:ALEC·Arthur Alpert·Jeb Bush·John Kasich·Julie Carr Smyth·Koch brothers·Mark Schlesinger·Medicaid·Medicare·Nancy Szokan·New York Times·Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar·Washington Post
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
On the Education Front: Moving Front and Center, But Wounded From the Fight
February 17th, 2014 · No Comments · Education, NM Legislature
By Denise Tessier Education policy got the play it deserved in the Sunday morning Journal, at the top of the front page. “Education policy in focus at Roundhouse” no doubt was pushed over the top in terms of placement by the newsworthy coming together outside the Capitol Roundhouse of several hundred teachers and parents demonstrating […]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·ALEC·Benito Aragon·Dan Boyd·Denise Tessier·education reform·Emma Lathrop·Gov. Susana Martinez·Hanna Skandera·Jeb Bush·Kathy Korte·Koch brothers·Marty Esquivel·New Mexico Mercury·Winston Brooks
Setting the Record Straight on Hanna Skandera
March 8th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Education, NM Legislature, Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier The Albuquerque Journal finally ran a “For the Record” Friday (March 8) correcting two mistakes that were made in its editorial of a full week before (March 1). The editorial’s topic: support for confirmation of Hanna Skandera. The correction says the editorial, “Skandera has earned New Mexico’s support,” was wrong in saying […]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Albuquerque Public Schools·Albuquerque Teachers Federation·Cal Thomas·charter schools·Denise Tessier·education reform·Florida education plan·Gov. Susana Martinez·Hanna Skandera·Hayley Heinz·Jeb Bush·Leslie Linthicum·National Education Association of New Mexico·Paul Gessing·Rep. Mimi Stewart·Rio Grande Foundation·Sharon Morgan·virtual schools
Just Suppose
June 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment · journalism, role of government
By Arthur Alpert Suppose you owned a newspaper and wanted to use it to advance a political agenda that was rightist – sometimes conservative but more often radically rightist. And suppose that you, the newspaper owner, weren’t satisfied with editorializing along those lines or loading your opinion pages with ditto-headed writers, but wanted your news […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Bob Woodward·Carl Bernstein·Jeb Bush·Scott Walker
The Florida Education Panacea
February 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier It’s good to see that the Sunday Journal (Feb. 13) put on its front page the criticism New Mexico educators had for a plan that would pay $152,000 to eight out-of-state consultants — most of whom are policy wonks or communicators with no classroom experience — for advice on how to improve […]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·education reform·Hanna Skandera·Jeb Bush·Rio Grande Foundation·Susana Martinez