By Denise Tessier What, to a longtime reader, could have been more astonishing than finding in the Albuquerque Journal a news story containing criticism about the Heritage Foundation? Answer: Seeing that wire service story on the Journal’s front page – and then seeing the Journal follow it up with its own staff-generated report the next [...]
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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 [...]
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Another Case of Selective Scrutiny
July 16th, 2012 · No Comments · economy, financial coverage, journalism, tax policy
By Arthur Alpert I get lots of information from the Albuquerque Journal’s daily business page and Business Outlook, as well as an occasional smile. Mostly, I learn from the beat reporters what Albuquerque and New Mexico businesses are doing and how businessmen view the economy and their markets. There are also items on job moves, [...]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Crossroads GPS·Karl Rove·Minda McGonagle·National Federation of Independent Business·NFIB·Wall Street Journal·Washington Post
The Journal Has Been Selective in its Coverage of "Fast and Furious"
July 10th, 2012 · No Comments · Fact Check, journalism
By Arthur Alpert The now infamous “Fast and Furious” gun-walking scheme certainly seems at best bone-headed, at worst criminal. Think about it. The Justice Department approved supplying some 2,000 weapons to Mexican drug cartels, hoping to follow them to higher-ups of the Sinaloa cartel. But managers of the sting lost track of the firearms. And [...]
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Widespread Misunderstanding: Round Two
March 20th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier As he did with his Senate clarifications on rising gas prices, U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman last week found he needed to set the record straight on another energy misunderstanding, this time related to a $50 light bulb. Bingaman’s latest clarification took the form of a guest column that appeared in the Albuquerque [...]
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Remembering a ‘Journalist of the Old School’
March 28th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Before this month fades into history, I’d like to take a moment to remember David Broder. The Washington Post columnist is best known, perhaps, for winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for distinguished commentary on the Watergate scandal, on stories broken by his colleagues Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, also honored with [...]
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Not Fit To Print?
October 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert The Albuquerque Journal publishes a lot of material from the Washington Post and its syndicate. For example, the Oct. 4 essay by liberal E.J.Dionne, saying that “more and more” Democrats are running on the health reform bill rather than running from it. But I find Post stories the Journal doesn’t reprint more [...]
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