By Denise Tessier National columnist David Broder once told a group of editorial writers (myself included) that polling has reached the point it irritates people. Broder, who has covered every national campaign and convention since 1960 – traveling up to 100,000 miles a year to interview voters and report on candidates – made that comment [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Gov. Bill Richardson'
WHOA Makes the Paper
October 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann I wrote last week about the Journal’s apparent refusal to give any space to arguments from the Wild Horse Observers Association regarding Gov. Bill Richardson’s plan to allocate $2.8 million in stimulus money for a wild horse sanctuary at Cerrillos State Park. I noted that the Journal had published a number of [...]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Cerrillo State Park·Daily Kos·Gov. Bill Richardson·New Mexico tourism·Patience O'Dowd·Reggie Nepomuceno·stimulus money·Thom Cole·WHOA·Wild Horse Observers Association·wild horse sanctuary
WHOA Accuses Journal of Ignoring the Other Side on Wild Horse Sanctuary
October 4th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann Sometimes it’s nice when someone else does your job for you. That happened to me the other day when a Journal Watch reader wrote in to comment about the paper’s coverage of Gov. Bill Richardson’s plan to use stimulus funds to expand Cerrillos State Park and create a horse sanctuary there. I [...]
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The Journal's Position on the Arizona Immigration Law…Sort Of
May 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann I thought when I saw this Journal editorial Saturday (“CYFD, Governor Share Dangerous Border Policy”) that I noticed a hint of an actual editorial position from the Journal on the controversial Arizona immigration law. Until then, as I noted in a Journal Watch post on May 11, the paper had curiously not [...]
Tags:Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer·Arizona immigration law·Gov. Bill Richardson
The Rio Grande Foundation's "Secret" Presence On The Journal's Op-Ed Page
March 25th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann The Rio Grande Foundation’s unannounced reign over the Albuquerque Journal’s op-ed page continues unabated. On Monday, the newspaper ran a guest column by Kenneth M. Brown, whom the Journal identified as a “Retired Senior Executive, National Science Foundation.” Brown’s column, called “Template for N.M. Governor,” sketched out in great detail what the [...]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Gov. Bill Richardson·Kenneth M. Brown·Micha Gisser·Rio Grande Foundation
