By Arthur Alpert So dedicated is the Albuquerque Journal to its mission of tailoring news coverage to its editorial agenda that I can’t keep up. I get to work, for example, on an essay comparing how our Journal treated JP Morgan Chase’s recent loss of billions with the Wall Street Journal’s coverage – and before I [...]
Entries from May 29th, 2012
It's Getting Hard to Keep Up
May 29th, 2012 · No Comments · Fact Check, journalism, tax policy, Uncategorized
Tags:Alice Rivlin·Arthur Alpert·birther·editorial agenda·Ken Bennett·Peter Orzag·Sen. Joseph McCarthy·Sen. Pete Domenici·Wisconsin recall election
Pay No Attention to that Pesky Memo
May 28th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Yet another column by Marita Noon made its way into the Albuquerque Journal. What’s interesting about this one (“Renewable Energy Can’t Compete With Fossil Fuels”, May 19), is that more than half-way into the piece, Noon criticizes media for giving too much credence to a 10-page right-wing strategy memo that was part [...]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·American Tradition Institute·Checks and Balances Project·Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy·Denise Tessier·Energy Advocates Conference·Governor's Wind Energy Coalition·Illinois Wind Energy Coalition·John Droz·Marita K. Noon
Climate Change and the Unabomber
May 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Last month’s Albuquerque Journal publication of the column, “Global Warming Is Just Propaganda,” is still generating reader response, with nearly a full page of letters in Tuesday’s (May 15) Journal commenting both on that column (as we did ) and on the published rebuttal by scientist Mark Boslough . In between, a [...]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Associated Press·climate change·Denise Tessier·Harrison "Jack" Schmitt·Heartland Institute·Koch brothers·Mark Boslough·oil and gas·Unabomber billboards·Winthrop Quigley
Pretend Newspaper
May 11th, 2012 · No Comments · journalism
By Arthur Alpert The scene is a fictional newspaper in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012. It’s 10: 30 AM and five editors, each armed with coffee, are straggling into a conference room for the daily morning meeting. The Editor speaks first. “OK, guys, let’s get to it. Before we tackle the [...]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Associated Press·Garrey Carruthers·Manuel Lujan·Pete Domenici·Richard E. Mourdock·Sam Nunn·Sen. Richard Lugar·Thomas Beaumont
The Curious Tweet by Marita K. Noon
May 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier “Interesting that Marita Noon would tweet this story exposing what her ilk are up to,” a colleague wrote in an email. Interesting – and curious — indeed. In her usual simplistic style, extractive industry booster and Albuquerque Journal column contributor Marita K. Noon (who uses the Twitter handle “energyrabbit”), tweeted just a [...]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·Albuquerque Journal·American Tradition Institute·American Wind Energy Association·Americans for Prosperity·Checks and Balances Project·clean energy·conservative think tanks·Denise Tessier·Gabe Elsner·Heartland Institute·John Locke Foundation·Koch brothers·Marita K. Noon·Peter Kelley·tea party·The Guardian·wind energy
Opinionated Headlines Embarrass Editors, not Quigley
May 7th, 2012 · No Comments · budget policy, health care reform, tax policy
By Arthur Alpert What a headline on Winthrop Quigley’s UpFront column Tuesday, May 1! “Ryan’s Redemption: Deficit Cuts Aid Poor”. Yes, absolutely. And day is night, black is white and, oh yes, Albuquerque Journal management is committed to journalism. Here is the reality. Quigley wrote about Rep. Paul Ryan, author of a budget plan condemned [...]
Tags:Arthur Alpert·Gov. Susana Martinez·health insurance exchange·Rep. Paul Ryan·Ryan Budget·Winthrop Quigley
