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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Setting the Record Straight on Hanna Skandera
March 8th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Education, NM Legislature, Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier The Albuquerque Journal finally ran a “For the Record” Friday (March 8) correcting two mistakes that were made in its editorial of a full week before (March 1). The editorial’s topic: support for confirmation of Hanna Skandera. The correction says the editorial, “Skandera has earned New Mexico’s support,” was wrong in saying [...]
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Fear and Loathing of ‘Agenda 21’
February 27th, 2013 · No Comments · environment, NM Legislature, role of government, Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier A non-binding resolution, passed at a United Nations conference more than 20 years ago, is suddenly a “threat to homes (and the) property of our middle-class” in New Mexico. That’s according to the column, “Agenda 21 threat to homes, property of our middle-class,” which got the top spot on the Sunday Journal’s [...]
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Keeping the Minimum Wage Pot Boiling at the (Albuquerque) Journal of Opinion
February 16th, 2013 · 1 Comment · economy, journalism, labor, role of government, Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert (Feb. 14, 2013) How can it be that the President wants to raise the federal minimum wage? Surely he’s aware that the Albuquerque Journal opposes it with every fiber of its being. I don’t mean editorially, although the paper has so editorialized. No, I mean the Journal is opposed in its (so-called) [...]
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Changes to Journal Story, Headline Catch Santa Fe Reporter’s Eye
February 13th, 2013 · 1 Comment · journalism, Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier It’s unusual for one newspaper to comment on another’s editorial decisions, but the Santa Fe Reporter did just that this past week (Feb. 8) in questioning why an Albuquerque Journal headline was changed to take on a “softer tone” toward the governor and why a story was taken off the web and [...]
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Standard & Poor’s Story Prompts a Question
February 12th, 2013 · 1 Comment · economy, journalism, Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert Applause, please, for the Albuquerque Journal, which ran a story (Wed., Feb. 6) about the Feds’ civil suit charging Standard & Poors with misleading investors on mortgage investments. Mind you, it came late; Journal editors first ignored preview stories from the Associated Press and Washington Post, then ignored their same-day accounts. Also, [...]
Journal Helps Deliver Pervasive Misunderstandings About the Postal Service
February 11th, 2013 · 3 Comments · labor, role of government, Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night” could keep postal workers from their appointed rounds. But in August, those Saturday rounds could stop – and in a nutshell, Congress would be to blame. But don’t look to get that story from the Albuquerque Journal. On its Saturday editorial page, [...]
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Compounding the Crime: The Journal’s Minimal Standards for Its Minimum Wage “Expert”
January 24th, 2013 · 1 Comment · economy, journalism, labor, role of government, Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert There they go again! Albuquerque Journal editors, I mean. Not satisfied with manipulating a news story to advocate for freezing Santa Fe’s minimum wage, they rushed to compound the felony. I will explain but first let’s recapitulate. Just the other day, Jan. 18, I alerted you to an ersatz news story wherein [...]
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Launch Holds Promise for New Mexico Readers
January 7th, 2013 · 2 Comments · journalism, Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier As promised, New Mexico in Depth launched its series on Gov. Susana Martinez this past weekend, beginning with an in-depth interview with the governor. The piece, “Combativeness could harm legacy, some say,” is buttressed by comments from both supporters and detractors regarding the governor’s relationship with the State Legislature, little more than [...]
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Journal, Again, Casts a Shadow Over Solar Energy
December 31st, 2012 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Just before the winter holidays, the Albuquerque Journal ran a guest column about solar energy development that should have instilled in New Mexico readers pride in the state’s role in that history. Instead, the reader was misled by the Journal to read the piece with an erroneous mind-set. That is, each enlightening [...]
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