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The Compelling Reason for Immigration Reform

July 28th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized

By Denise Tessier
With Arizona’s immigration law scheduled to take effect this week, and the first of 1,200 National Guard troops scheduled to arrive on the Mexican border three days after that, the Albuquerque Journal appears to be trying to give the issue the coverage it deserves.
I share the resigned dismay my colleague Tracy Dingmann expressed [...]

When A Cartoon Offends

July 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann
I try to be fairly circumspect when I’m writing posts about the noteworthy things I see in the Albuquerque Journal. I try to tie my criticism – or praise – to some kind of constructive journalistic principle I’ve picked up over my 20 years of writing for newspapers. That’s really the [...]

The Immigration Law Popularity Contest

July 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

By Denise Tessier
In its sole editorial for the day, the Albuquerque Sunday Journal made some good points about the need for immigration reform at the federal level.
But the piece, entitled “Thank Arizona for Immigration Debate,” strained credibility (and no doubt, lost some readers) with the snide attitude of its opening sentence, which said:
President Obama is [...]

The Journal’s Front Page Advocacy

July 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

By Arthur Alpert
Recently I bumped into an old acquaintance. He or she (I won’t identify this person) is a reporter for the Albuquerque Journal. We exchanged only a few words, but it was clear my acquaintance thinks I have been unfair here to Journal management.
The disapproval of somebody so intelligent, competent and decent made me [...]

The Journal’s McChrystal Ball

June 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Arthur Alpert
I read the Public Editor in the Sunday New York Times religiously and with envy. He gets to deal with high-level journalistic issues like the use and misuse of anonymous sources. Still, while I’m stuck raking muck, watching the Albuquerque Journal isn’t without rewards.
To wit: I have often traced Journal management’s partisanship from [...]

Journal: Please (Keep) Bring(ing) the Heat on Police Shootings

June 24th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann
When I saw the compelling video of the relatives of APD shooting victim Chris Hinz asking the city council to look into police actions surrounding his death all over the television news Monday night, I expected to read about it in the next morning’s Journal. (See KOB’s coverage here, and KOAT’s coverage here.)
I [...]

Obama’s Katrina? Where Have We Heard This Before…..

June 22nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

By Arthur Alpert
“In Response and Results This is Obama’s Katrina,” the Journal’s editorial last Thursday, reflected the national Republican Party’s views. You can read similar views at gop.com. So it’s for Democrats to argue with it.
Still, a journalism critic can profit from the editorial.
First, it’s evidence the Journal prefers partisanship to conservative ideology.
For in it [...]

Letter To The Editor Echoes Our Point

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann
Huzzah to the reader who felt strongly enough to write a letter to the Journal about the ridiculous placement of identically-sized mugshots of gubernatorial candidates Diane Denish, Susana Martinez and cop-killer mom Theresa Romero on the paper’s June 10 front page.
The story was about the state’s recently-repealed death penalty. Romero was quoted as [...]

The Journal Goes Green?

June 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann
We’ve gotten word from a potential Journal advertiser that the Journal is planning to publish a special section called Green New Mexico on Sunday, June 27.
From the Journal’s pitch to potential advertisers:
This tabloid will be inserted into the Sunday Journal and circulate to our over 370,000 readers plus the entire section will appear [...]

Arthur Worries For Win Quigley

June 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

By Arthur Alpert
Shhhhh.
We should talk abut Winthrop Quigley’s “Money & Medicine”column in the Albuquerque Journal’s Business Outlook Monday, June 14, page 4. (Bonus: It’s a link you can read even if you don’t subscribe to the Journal).
But let’s be quiet, very quiet. We wouldn’t want to get him in trouble with management.
It’s subversive stuff, you [...]