I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Radio personality Don Imus, who owns a New Mexico ranch dedicated to children in need, is back on TV for the first time since MSNBC dropped him in April of 2007 after a controversy involving the Rutgers women’s basketball team.
Imus is on Fox Business News, a channel made by News Corp. to compete with CNBC, simulcasting his radio program.
“The perception is that even their news is skewed toward opinion — not when I watch it,” Imus said of Fox, according to the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz. “It’s a fair news organization. It’s not my job to defend them. But I’m more likely to believe Shep Smith than Katie Couric or Brian Williams. Their news is advertiser-driven.”
Imus had high profile rant attacking Governor Bill Richardson when he called the governor a “fat sissy” and told him to “kiss my ass” in Spanish over funding for a community center in Ribera, New Mexico, near Imus’ ranch.
Afterwards, the two made up and Richarsdon appeared on Imus’ program, which was then broadcast on Citadel Radio.
