By Denise Tessier A friend once complained heartily to me that the Albuquerque Journal wasn’t worth reading because it didn’t have enough national news. I disagreed on the grounds local papers should focus on local news – anything national was gravy. Lack of national news could be a moot point today, when local news can […]
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Forget the Emperor/Prince; It’s Fox ‘News’ That Has No Clothes
August 31st, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier From two recent wire reports: The Navy SEAL who wrote an account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden under a pseudonym was identified . . . by Fox News. The prince has no clothes – but British newspapers aren’t running the pictures. The fact that these two wire reports appeared […]
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A Story of Magnitude: High Court Stripping Away at Privacy, Civil Rights
April 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that routine strip searches are acceptable in the United States – for even the most minor of offenses. Recognizing the magnitude of this ruling, Journal reporter Scott Sandlin got together a local angle on the story in time for its publication this morning; fittingly, […]
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Finding Room for Decency
September 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Back on Aug. 20, the Albuquerque Journal broke on its front page a titillating news item. Carefully reading “Camera Catches Couple in Tryst”, I weighed the unfolding facts as presented, wondering how far the media ethically could and would go with this story. The lead was: SANTA FE —An apparent tryst that […]
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