By Denise Tessier I’m not sure which is more problematic: that the Journal in its Sunday lead editorial called for Third Judicial District Judge Michael Murphy to resign, or that the editorial began with a quote from N.M. Supreme Court Justice Charles Daniels as some sort of justification for the editorial position. Just because you [...]
Entries from October 31st, 2011
Resignation Editorial a Rush to Judgment
October 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Colleen Heild·Gov. Bill Richardson·Heath Haussamen·Jerome Block Jr.·Jessica A. Perez·Judge Alan Malott·Judge Lisa Schultz·Judge Michael Murphy·Judge Robert E. Robles·judiciary·Justice Charles Daniels·Leslie Linthicum·Matt Chandler·Mike Gallagher·public corruption·Randi McGuinn·Theresa M. Duncan·Vincent Ward
Worthy of Note: Front Pages From the Fire Front
October 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Back in June, we all were breathing smoke. Elders and those with compromised lung function were advised to stay indoors. At dusk, the entire sky was surreal as atmospheric particulates blazed an otherworldly orange. We all were aware of the fires at Los Alamos. They affected us. And a dramatic front page [...]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Adolphe Pierre-Louis·Albuquerque Journal·Cathryn Cunningham·Los Alamos Fires·Phil Parker
A Surprising Issue
October 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert Perhaps it wasn’t an Albuquerque Journal for the ages, but it certainly grabbed my attention. I refer to the issue of Thursday, Oct. 27. Consider first the featured essay on the editorial page from E. J. Dionne Jr., about a Vatican critique of the global financial system “that paralleled many of the [...]
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What Part of Malfeasance Doesn't He Understand?
October 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert The Albuquerque Journal is not conducting a full-throated campaign against the Occupy Wall Street movement, not yet. It may, however, be leaning toward unleashing the dogs of war. Having watched management’s blitzkrieg against Obamacare a while back, I would recognize a real assault. In that campaign, remember, the Journal published streams of [...]
Otherwise Occupied
October 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier When the now-global “Occupy Wall Street” movement began spreading outside New York City at the start of this month, I was otherwise occupied. I was writing about the Albuquerque Journal’s lack of reporting on another national movement gone local, complaining that the Journal’s coverage of local protestors taking part in the national [...]
Tags:(Un)occupy Albuquerque·ABQ Journal Watch·Albuquerque Journal·Occupy Las Cruces·Occupy Wall Street·postal workers·tea party·Weekly Alibi
A Distinctive Approach to Gaddafi Story
October 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert Everybody’s top international story Friday morning Oct. 21 was the death of Muammar Gaddafi as rebels won Libya. Along with accounts of the dictator’s end, the Washington Post ran a lengthy piece headlined: “President Obama points to value of ‘collective action’ in Libya”. The Post considered how much credit is due the [...]
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Reality-based MONEY
October 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert Sometimes I think the Albuquerque Journal offers two kinds of journalism, reality-based and, er, other. Sunday’s MONEY section, for example, was an excellent example of the first category. You know MONEY, where local editors wrap a few local and wire stories around the Wall Street Journal Sunday – a four-page insert syndicated [...]
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Guessing With Gessing's RGF Reports
October 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier The Rio Grande Foundation’s blog, “Errors of Enchantment,” takes on new meaning when juxtaposed next to a report retraction by RGF president/report editor Paul Gessing. Last week, after errors in one of his reports was pointed out by the Rio Rancho Journal (a zoned edition of the Albuquerque Journal), Gessing posted the [...]
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A Call for Clarity
October 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Every so often, a word gets dropped from a story in the Albuquerque Journal. It makes the reader pause, but usually, one can surmise what the dropped word was and continue reading. Frankly, I’ve always marveled — even when I was working in the midst of it — at the way talented [...]
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A Half-Vast Gamut of Economic Ideas
October 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert I’ve often noted here that the Albuquerque Journal’s gamut of economic ideas is half-vast. That’s to say it runs from center-right to far right on the horizontal scale. Nothing left of center. Vertically speaking, these ideas mostly emanate from the wealthy and corporate. But the near-ban on economic thinking representing other interests [...]
Tags:free market economics·laissez-faire·Pete Domenici·Rail Runner
