By Denise Tessier
The word “venerable” traditionally has been ascribed to the Associated Press.
Yet, that’s not what comes to mind when reading the front page of today’s Albuquerque Journal.
In an “Analysis” piece on Page One this morning, an AP writer stretches to make a case for criticizing the Obama administration’s response to the Gulf Coast oil [...]
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Blatantly Partisan Purposes
March 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Arthur Alpert
Wrong again!
I believed the Albuquerque Journal’s political campaign against health care reform – in its “news” pages as well as Op Eds and editorials – could not become more blatant.
Silly me.
Here’s the big headline on the front page Thursday, March 18:
“Premiums Likely to Go Higher”.
Over that is a rubric in red identifying the [...]
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Headline Headache
September 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann
Sometimes bias or inaccuracy in a newspaper story or headline is obvious to all readers. But other times, readers have to possess inside knowledge of the story to know what’s being presented to them is neither accurate nor fair.
A recent Journal story about the disposition of a local group’s suit [...]