Is it Jeff Proctor or Alfred E. Neuman or are they one in the same?

As we commented earlier this year, the state's largest paper the Albuquerque Journal, frequently deviates from it's duty to provide fair, balanced, and unbiased news reporting. It fails in this regard because frequently it buries important stories in the back pages, heavily edits AP wire stories, or simply refuses to publish "newsworthy" reports.
 

It's no wonder that it's circulation has steadily fallen over the last years. Just like the City of Albuquerque and its dwindling job market, declining economy, disgraceful child wellness standing, soaring crime rate, soaring misconduct cases, the Journal refuses to confront the reality that it is little more than a propaganda device for the Berry and Martinez administrations.
 

Now, our Eyes tell us that the paper's primary crime/police reporter Jeff Proctor, is once again either omitting newsworthy stories or that he has no backbone to stand up against his boss Ken Walz.

You see, over the last few months, almost all of mayoral candidate Paul Heh's campaign staff have been the target of very similar criminal offenses. From forced entry residential break-ins, false cable repairmen, computer hacking, arbitrary and discriminatory "spot" inspections by city authorities, prowlers seen fleeing the backside of residences, and vandalism to homes and cars.  This information was conveyed to Mr. Proctor a few weeks ago and Mr. Proctor even interviewed some of the campaign workers.
 

Yet, despite these clear acts of intimidation, the Journal has not published any story concerning these events that have been documented with police reports and calls to federal officials. And these offenses are not limited to workers involved with the Heh campaign, but also Pete Dinelli's campaign staff as well.
 

Maybe Mr. Proctor has not even written a story? Maybe Walz has suppressed the story? Maybe Proctor is not a reporter but still part of the funny section "posing" as a reporter?

In any event, these actions as they've been relayed to us cannot stand. Not surprisingly, the two campaign workers who have not been directly targeted are former police officers. Perhaps the perpetrators of these offenses have a grain of common sense in knowing armed former officers are not to be victimized.... Perhaps the perpetrators of these offenses have something else in store for them.
 

However, if anybody knows Mr. Heh, they know he will not run nor hide unlike the incumbent. He will become more visible, more passionate, and more outspoken. And we know his workers will defend themselves with any necessary force if they and their families are attacked.
 

Folks, while we know Albuquerque has major crime problems, the strike of criminal offenses that cluster around certain individuals during a certain time of year when never such incidents have happened before is not coincidence. It is orchestrated.
 

We at the Eye call upon our friends in the DOJ to investigate this matter immediately before somebody gets hurt. We have been told the Heh campaign has already contacted the FBI regarding these federal criminal offenses designed to suppress free elections and free campaign activities.
 

Shame on Proctor for not pushing this story before the citizens of Albuquerque either on his Twitter page or in his paper! Shame on Walz for suppressing a major newsworthy issues. And shame on Berry and Shultz for endorsing such nefarious activity!

Did Journal Reporter Jeff Proctor Print only half Truths?

The letter below was sent to the Eye by Brad Arensfield. Arensfield is a former APD officer who went on trial for tipping off an FBI target, on an investigation. Arensfield claims he is innocent and the leak came from Chief Public Safety Officer, Darren White, via White's wife.

This letter is being published in its' entirety and has not been edited. The Eye has asked the same questions repeatedly. How come the local media does not report a lot of the local stories on the Berry Administration or City government? And when they do report it is full of half factual information. Arensfield sent this letter to Journal Reporter Jeff Proctor in reference to a story he ran on March 24, 2011 (See here). Proctor has failed to respond to the letter. At that point Arensfield sent the letter to Proctor's Bosses (Charlie Moore and Karen Moses) and to the Eye. Did Journal Reporter Jeff Proctor only print half truths? Does the Journal violate ethical standards? You decide.

Subject: Email to Jeff Proctor

Jeff,
Are you that much of a hack that you only ever report half of the story and never once ask any important questions? You apparently only write what is spoon fed to you by the Berry administration or the U.S. Government.
How about the evidence WAS withheld! That is not disputed and only discovered accidently during the trial in Dec. Why didnt they turn over the only taped interview of the whole case to us or even let us or Shawn Bryans attorney even know they had it??? Why didnt they investigate the text messages when they found out about it in April 2010 when Bryan tried to turn it over to them?? Why did they wait until days after Erika Bryan wrote a letter about it on the Eye on Albuquerque(10 months after they were made aware of it)? You didnt even mention the missing Lab report, which by the way, is even a more serious violation of the law (Giglio), the reason is, they never had a Federal case and lied on the stand (look at the transcripts Jeff) about how much Crack/Cocaine that was tested (2.89 grams cocaine),,the federal standard for Cocaine is 500 grams,,the Federal standard for Crack is 5.0 grams,,,,they had neither,,,did you look at that the lab report? It says Cocaine!!! That means they are 497.11 grams short of it being a Federal case! Doesn't that make you wonder at all??? Look at the date of the Lab Report they had it 6 weeks before the first trial April 2010,,we got it 1 month ago and had to demand it!,,,why wasnt it turned over a year ago? You also consistently overlook the fact that AUSA Tera Neda has a history of doing this- 5 documented times and a Federal Judge has made an opinion on her (Judge Hansen) and sent a person to prison for 2 years before it was discovered (USA v Torres) he was released immediately! There is a story here and I cannot figure for the life of me why you or anyone else in the media has not grasped it yet! You owe the citizens of Albuquerque the whole story. Isn't that what a responsible reporter is required to do, report all the FACTS and the TRUTH?

Facts do not lie. The Eye is dedicated to bringing you the truth.