By Arthur Alpert Regular readers will remember my references to the veteran New Mexico journalist who cautioned me against finding political motives for all the Albuquerque Journal’s missteps. It’s often youth and inexperience, he said, or amateurism. I think about that advice often, but sadly, political decisions by the editors are the rule and incompetence, […]
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Chalk This One Up to Incompetence
January 20th, 2016 · No Comments · journalism, NM Legislature
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Dan Boyd·Deborah Baker·Gov. Susana Martinez·NM Legislature
Some Brief Observations
March 24th, 2015 · No Comments · energy policy, environment, journalism, labor, NM Legislature, regulation
By Arthur Alpert I’m falling behind again, so here are a few, brief observations about the Albuquerque Journal’s daily alternative to journalism: • “Falsehoods and deception led to senator’s $50K payday” was the headline over Up Front columnist Thomas Cole’s excellent recapitulation of the Sen. Phil Griego story Sunday, March 22. Of course, it’s eight […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Dan Boyd·fracking·Gov. Susana Martinez·Hillary Clinton·NM Legislature·Peter St. Cyr·Rep. Steve Pearce·Sen. Phil Griego. Thom Cole·Sen. Ted Cruz·unemployment insurance
Willed Superficiality
November 20th, 2014 · 3 Comments · journalism, NM Legislature
By Arthur Alpert Not a day passes that the Albuquerque Journal does not offer a lesson or five or six in how not to do journalism. This drives me crazy because I get lost trying to decide what to target first. Should I point out stories the Journal ignores, presumably because its plutocratic agenda forbids? […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Bloomberg Business Week·Dan Boyd·Donald Blankenship·NM Legislature·Sam Bregman·Solyndra
Leading With Opinion
January 7th, 2014 · 2 Comments · journalism, NM Legislature, state government, tax policy, Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert Wow! What a departure! It’s possible it’s happened before, but in all my days and (sob!) I’ve had lots of days, I’ve never seen it. Editors at the Albuquerque Journal just ran an opinion column in the slot for the lead news story. They did it twice, in fact, just before the […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·John Robertson·NM Legislature·tax cuts·tax policy·William Hoagland
A Plea of Guilty: Tom Clifford, Joe Monahan and the Emily Litella Affair
May 29th, 2013 · No Comments · journalism, tax policy
By Arthur Alpert Bailiff: ”Oyez, oyez. The court is now in session, the Honorable John Doe presiding, to hear the case of Joe Monahan, esteemed blogger, v. Arthur Alpert, accused thief of words. Judge Doe: “Alpert, how do you plead?” AA: “Well, er, I don’t know, Your Honor. Joe thinks I stole from him and […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Joe Monahan·New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan·NM Legislature·Secretary Tom Clifford