Entries Tagged as 'Susana Martinez'

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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The story was about the state’s recently-repealed death penalty.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 [...]

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Digging Up The Death Penalty

June 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann
Thank God for Leslie Linthicum’s smart-ass UpFront column in yesterday’s Journal about the overheated “debate” currently raging over the death penalty. (Read the June 10th piece “Deathly Debate in Governor Race” here.)
As far as I can tell, the “debate” is being engineered – with the complicity of the Journal – pretty much singlehandedly [...]

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