By Arthur Alpert A publisher coined the phrase “without fear or favor.” When Adolph Ochs acquired The New York Times in 1896, he promised readers it would be his “earnest aim to … give the news impartially, without fear or favor, regardless of party, sect, or interest involved.” Obviously, the Albuquerque Journal takes a different […]
Entries Tagged as 'tax policy'
Resurrecting St. Pete: The Journal’s Domenici Story Decoded
December 20th, 2012 · No Comments · budget policy, journalism, tax policy
Tags:Adolph Ochs·Alan Greenspan·Arthur Alpert·CATO·Denise Tessier·fiscal cliff·Heartland Institute·Heritage Foundation·laissez-faire·libertarian·Manhattan Institute·Marita K. Noon·New York Times·Paul Gessing·Rio Grande Foundation·Sam Nunn·tax policy·tea party·William Hoagland
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
Just Another Groundhog Day
February 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · tax policy
By Arthur Alpert Remember “Groundhog Day”, where Bill Murray had to relive day after day after day? I sure do. You see, in a post here Monday, I demonstrated how the Albuquerque Journal uses its front page to promote its editorial agenda, despite paying a price for it. And then I read the Monday, Feb. […]
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A Collaboration in Service to an Agenda
December 5th, 2011 · No Comments · economy, tax policy
By Arthur Alpert The Sunday, Dec. 4 Albuquerque Journal was nothing short of a triumph. It was a tour de force – the editors turned almost the entire newspaper into a weapon of political advocacy. I plan to substantiate that accusation later in the week, but today let’s look at just one story. It takes […]
Cutting the "Cut": The Difference One Word Makes
December 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · tax policy
By Arthur Alpert There I was, slaving over a lengthy post about how the Albuquerque Journal manipulates its opinion columns to fit its narrative on political economy when a terrible headline grabbed me. I’m sorry. The Journal’s penchant for headlines that distort, obscure, ridicule, confuse or promote its agenda presents such an easy target that […]
