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ALBUQUERQUE, NOVEMBER 15, 2015 A2 THE SUNDAY ToTTPNAL ParadQ 4 Ptwado. A2 THE SUNDAY ToTTPNAL Parade. 4: 1 1 ,1 IN TODAY'S PAPER rit4 I 1 -T 1 41 1 1 1 3r 11 I 1 I A' v.110 4 Antonio Banderas stars in Hollywood's gripping true story of the 2010 Chilean mine disaster PARADE MAGAZINE INSIDE NM painter takes on harsh conditions of the Arctic to produce landscapes LIFE IN NEW MEXICO INSIDE .1 2 When reporters are the news, we all lose WJ 1.,,.. i ABWournatcom I IAA 4 From PAGE Al ABQjournal.com is a weekly column about the news and features on the Albuquerque Journal's website THE WEEK'S MOST READ Most read stories last week on ABQjournal.com 1 SANTA FE POLICE LIEUTENANT AND HUSBAND I QUIT AFTER BIZARRE LATE-NIGHT INCIDENT 0 A TALE OF EMBEZZLEMENT, HOOKERS AND GAMBLING 3 DEPUTIES KILL DRIVER, INJURE TWO PASSENGERS Harwood's question upstaged Trump's answer; I believe that was by design. When reporters become the stars of their interviews or stars on other reporters' news programs or stars of the red carpet, the public has reason to question how seriously they should be taken.

A legendary Times reporter, McCandlish Phillips, used to say that he asked questions quietly, gentleman to gentleman. "It seemed comfortable and decent," he said. "And it was by far the most effective way to interview." In our age of celebrity and would-be celebrity journalists, this sounds quaint, but it's great advice. When reporters are invisible, information flows, the news media's First Amendment protections are earned and the republic is served. CNBC and its reporters became the story of the Republican debate.

The people of this republic were poorly served. there is no liberal media conspiracy is the recent coverage of questionable anecdotes in Ben Carson's self-reported personal history. Carson is telling supporters that the liberal media are exposing the inconsistencies in his autobiography because they hate what he stands for and want him to be defeated. If there were a liberal conspiracy to thwart him, the media would be trying to advance his candidacy so that the more liberal Democratic nominee will face an opponent whose tax plan is based on the Book of Leviticus and would result in a trillion-dollar budget deficit instead of a Republican who actually knows something about public policy. The real problem is guys like CNBC's John Harwood, one of the moderators at the Republican debate.

He prefaced his first question with a review of Donald Trump's ludicrous positions on immigration and taxation, then asked, "Is this a comic book version of a presidential campaign?" I can imagine Harwood practicing that line in front of a mirror and running it by his colleagues to see if it got a laugh. It was, in other words, not a question designed to elicit information for the public, but one designed to put Harwood in the spotlight. He could just as easily have said, "There are voters and experts in these areas who wonder if these are serious proposals." Grandstanding has become a second job for so many reporters. There is a channel on satellite radio called POTUS that is devoted to reporters interviewing other reporters. It features a fair amount of ridicule heaped on the people they cover.

NBC's "Meet the Press" invites reporters (not just columnists, not just editorial writers) from The New York Times and the Washington Post, and elsewhere, to explain to candidates what they should be doing. Former New York Times Magazine reporter Matt Bai appeared as himself on "House of Cards." Former NBC News anchorman Brian Williams appeared regularly on "30 Rock." Reporters rub shoulders with George Clooney and Chrissy Teigen at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Reporters like Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business Network are guests on "The Tonight Show" and are photographed with other celebrities walking red carpets at awards shows. gave the public ample reason to be skeptical. Politicians and some readers think the problem is media bias, and it is no secret that the average reporter is nowhere near as conservative as the most liberal Republican running for the presidency.

Academic studies have found for many years that reporters are more likely to be Democrats than Republicans, though these days they are most likely to be independents. It would be disingenuous to assert that a reporter's political bias has never affected coverage, but I've never noticed that to be a real problem. Reporters are motivated first and foremost by the desire to get a good story. A juicy scandal is reporter heroin, no matter which politician is involved. A politician's embarrassing misstep is reporter catnip, even if the reporter likes the politician.

Editors are usually pretty vigilant for signs of bias. Politicians have never shown reluctance to complain to management when they feel abused. Newsrooms are like any other workplace; mistakes happen, but malfeasance is rare. Possibly the best proof that A MAN ACIslISED IN FATAL SHOOT! OF 4-YEAR-OLD I PLEADS I GUILTY 14NMI latie )d 5 LOSING ALTITUDE: FOR SEVEN STRAIGHT YEARS, PASSENGER TRAFFIC HAS FALLEN AT THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL SUNPORT. Up Front is a daily front-page news and opinion column.

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San Francisco General Hospital spokesman Brent Andrew said six victims still in its care suffer from facial and head injuries as well as fractured ribs, arms and legs. Some have organ injuries. The patients in critical condition are two men and two women. Two other men are in serious condition. Andrew declined to share any details of a minor who was also admit Tour bus goes out al control, cuts swath through Union Square THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO Four adults remain in critical condition at a San Francisco hospital after an open-air tour bus careered out of control Friday, running down a bicyclist, striking two pedestrians and smashing into several moving cars before it plowed into scaf ted to the hospital Friday night.

What began as a serene tour through one of the nation's most picturesque cities turned into a two-block ride of terror as the big blue double-decker bus careered through San Francisco's Union Square before it plowed to a stop amid a heap of twisted metal. Twenty people were hurt and at least 30 passengers were on board when the crash occurred shortly before 3 p.m. Firefighters had to extricate the two pedestrians, who were trapped under the bus, and a passenger trapped on the upper deck. The driver was conscious and able to speak when firefighters pulled him from the wreckage, Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White said. But she added it was too early to speculate about what caused the crash.

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