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The Journal Skips The News On Bush-Era Tax Cut Extensions

August 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Arthur Alpert
Remember when the Albuquerque Journal was fighting health care reform tooth-and-nail in its “news” columns?
I was struck at the time by the Journal’s respect for the “nonpartisan” Congressional Budget Office. Every time the “nonpartisan” CBO projected the cost of a particular health reform plan under Congressional consideration, the Journal highlighted it. Editors often [...]

What’s Not in a Story Can Be Relevant, Too

August 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Denise Tessier
Some readers of ABQJournalWatch.com might have seen this, but in case you didn’t, political reporter Heath Haussamen is pointing out on NMPolitics.net that the Albuquerque Journal quoted a semi-public official without making note of the source’s personal connection to the topic at hand.
The story in question was about “out-of-cycle” salary increases gubernatorial candidate Susana [...]

The Journal Flip Flopped on Statewide Carbon Cap

August 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann
The Journal has always been a staunch supporter of the state’s mighty oil and gas industry – and an outspoken opponent of any state-led attempts to regulate its operations or waste output…right?
That’s what the paper’s editorials and news stories have indicated all throughout the state’s current debates over the pit rule and carbon [...]

Delivering News Via Editorial Is a Sticky, Messy Disservice

August 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Denise Tessier
Before this particular observation gets too old, I’d like to jump on the Journal for once again running an opinion/analysis piece instead of delivering straight news, and for putting it in a front-page news slot without an explanatory footnote or box labeling it as such.
The Journal headlined the piece in question “D.C. May [...]

State’s Top Doc Speaks Out About Journal’s Coverage of Medical Cannabis Program

August 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann
I have noted the Journal’s puzzling stance on the state’s medical cannabis program on this blog before – but it seemed like tensions between the paper and the man in charge of the program really boiled over on the paper’s Aug. 9 editorial page.
Did you see it?
In a guest opinion column called “Pot [...]

Fact-Check Guest Columns Or Pay A Price

August 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann
We’ve written here before many times about the folly of newspapers who fail to fact-check guest opinion columns before publishing them.
Today the nonpartisan media watchdog site FAIR – Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting – takes the venerable New York Times to task for running a guest op-ed column based entirely on a shady [...]

Jonah and His Whale-Sized Loathing of Journalism

August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Denise Tessier
I’m glad to see that fired U.S. Department of Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod is filing suit against blogger Andrew Breitbart, because while defamation of character technically isn’t a criminal matter (rectifying such behavior is done in civil court), it is a crime against society, and shouldn’t be tolerated.
What does this have to do [...]

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 [...]

Cutting A Story in Half Is SO Not Cool

July 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann
I couldn’t help but notice some shockingly selective editing in two nationally-generated stories the Journal ran recently on immigration.
The first example came on Monday, in the Associated Press story the Journal headlined “Symbol of Immigration Anger.” The version I’m referring to here is the heavily-edited one that ran in the Journal’s print [...]

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 [...]