By Denise Tessier To follow up on yesterday’s post, student loan debt is another topic the Albuquerque Journal editorial board has dealt with incompletely. And it has squandered opportunities to advocate for action that might help put the state and nation on firmer economic ground. First, some background: While the Journal seems to have had […]
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An Unlikely (But Worthy) Journal Editorial Topic: Forgiveness of Student Loan Debt
August 1st, 2014 · No Comments · budget policy, economy, Education, journalism, tax policy
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Journal Editorials Omit Key Information in Laying Foundation for Positions They Take
July 31st, 2014 · No Comments · Fact Check, journalism, tax policy
By Denise Tessier Two recent Albuquerque Journal editorials – on why Americans should celebrate the Fourth of July (“Try Asking a Guatemalan”) and one on the nation’s debt – were called out for criticism by JournalWatch colleague Arthur Alpert last week, and caught my attention as well because of their distorted “analysis”. But, sadly, the […]
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Controversial Photos, Art and Other Loose Ends
July 25th, 2013 · No Comments · journalism, Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Saying it was responding to reader criticism, the Albuquerque Journal provided a service in running prominently (on A2, July 16) a “recent” photo of Trayvon Martin, which it placed side by side with the “younger” portrayal generally used by news media in depicting the teenager killed in February 2012 by George Zimmerman. […]
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Congress Failing Our Students
July 1st, 2013 · No Comments · economy, Education
By Denise Tessier The Albuquerque Journal can’t be blamed, because it has published not one, but two editorials in the past month encouraging Congress to pass legislation that would have stopped today’s doubling of the interest rate on federal Stafford student loans — from 3.4 to 6.8 percent. Several bills aimed at curbing student loan […]
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