By Denise Tessier Few in New Mexico likely noticed the obituary that ran in the Los Angeles Times this week (Feb. 9), but the tribute to former Times reporter Laurie Becklund is worth noting, both for her extraordinary contributions to international and domestic journalism but also for an unusual and pioneering connection to the Albuquerque […]
Entries Tagged as 'Pete Domenici'
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
An Inquiry into The Absence of Fact-Checking at The Journal
August 21st, 2014 · 4 Comments · energy policy, Fact Check, journalism, tax policy
By Arthur Alpert In a July 21 post hypothesizing that a True Believer or two in the Albuquerque Journal hierarchy may explain the newspaper’s egregious faults, I noted that the editors do not fact-check the columns they run on the editorial and Op Ed pages. Today let’s consider why. It could be ignorance; what management […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Cal Thomas·John Cassidy·Misha Gisser·Pete Domenici
Handling the Domenici Disclosure
February 21st, 2013 · 6 Comments · journalism
By Denise Tessier The Albuquerque Journal was handed a scoop with former Sen. Pete Domenici’s disclosure he fathered a secret child decades ago, a story that was quickly picked up by news outlets nationwide. The disclosure story published Wednesday (Feb. 20) was the result of Domenici contacting the paper with the revelation that New Mexico’s […]
Tags:Character Counts·Clinton impeachment·Denise Tessier·Domenici Institute for Public Policy·Edward Lujan·Gov. Susana Martinez·Gov. Toney Anaya·Michelle Laxalt·National Hispanic Cultural Center·New Mexico History Museum·Pete Domenici·Responsible Fatherhood Act·Sen. Paul Laxalt·Washington Post
Expert Choreography
October 12th, 2012 · No Comments · budget policy, economy, role of government, tax policy
By Arthur Alpert The small role I played in the just-closed production of “Pride and Prejudice” at the Adobe required that I dance. Though I neither fell nor harmed my partner, I doubt my movements constituted dancing. Too bad I lacked the dexterity just demonstrated by Albuquerque Journal editors in coverage of the annual Domenici […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Domenici Public Policy Conference·Fred Astaire·Joseph Stiglitz·Koch brothers·laissez-faire·Pete Domenici·tax policy·The Price of Inequality
Pretend Newspaper
May 11th, 2012 · 1 Comment · journalism
By Arthur Alpert The scene is a fictional newspaper in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012. It’s 10: 30 AM and five editors, each armed with coffee, are straggling into a conference room for the daily morning meeting. The Editor speaks first. “OK, guys, let’s get to it. Before we tackle the […]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·Garrey Carruthers·Manuel Lujan·Pete Domenici·Richard E. Mourdock·Sam Nunn·Sen. Richard Lugar·Thomas Beaumont
A Small Step Forward
November 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert Yesterday l was astounded by the big story missing from the Monday edition of the Albuquerque Journal – the Supercommittee’s failure to agree. Still reeling from that inexplicable decision, I opened my Journal this morning (Tuesday) to find three treatments of what happened. Editors front-paged a follow up by Michael Coleman of […]
Tags:Alice Rivlin·Domenici-Rivlin plan·Michael Coleman·Pete Domenici·supercommittee
A Half-Vast Gamut of Economic Ideas
October 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert I’ve often noted here that the Albuquerque Journal’s gamut of economic ideas is half-vast. That’s to say it runs from center-right to far right on the horizontal scale. Nothing left of center. Vertically speaking, these ideas mostly emanate from the wealthy and corporate. But the near-ban on economic thinking representing other interests […]
Tags:free market economics·laissez-faire·Pete Domenici·Rail Runner
A Sin of Omission: Nuclear Power Plants Are Related to N.M.’s Atomic Story
August 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Earlier this summer, the Associated Press, of which the Albuquerque Journal is a member-subscriber, released a four–part series taking a highly critical look at the U.S. nuclear energy industry. Each of the stories AP released between June 20 and 24 was lengthy, and could have individually filled a Sunday Dimension section of […]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Associated Press·atomic history·John Fleck·Michael Coleman·New Mexico·nuclear energy series·nuclear waste·Pete Domenici·plutonium lab·Ron Curry·The Independent·uranium enrichment·Wally Gordon·WIPP
Deficit Switcheroo
December 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert Maybe it’s because I’m still doing my bit in that holiday fable, “White Christmas” at ALT, or maybe it’s the season. But I continue to feel kindly toward my fellow humans – including the top editors at the Albuquerque Journal. What a hard road they travel daily! Most newspaper editors look at […]
Tags:deficit·Gilda Radner·Jim DeMint·Obama-GOP tax deal·Pete Domenici·Sarah Palin·spending·tea party