Journalism is about publishing the facts without regard to personalities or opinions. News organizations rely on their leadership – usually the editors – to decide how the context of stories are presented. The decision to present context is usually to protect certain individuals. However, the decision on context should never be about animosity or obscuring […]
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Opinion: Bob Moore Devalued his Newsroom With Condescending Twitter Post
Today, Bob Moore published one of the most condescending social media posts that I have ever seen in my life. Moore – a white American – is trying hard to be part of America’s reckoning of its past that he posts the most patronizing and arrogant depiction of the minorities that work for him at […]
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Breaking News: IRS Complaint Filed Against Bob Moore And El Paso Matters
Last week, a complaint was filed against Bob Moore and his publication, El Paso Matters, with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) alleging that Moore and his publication “are engaged in deceptive fundraising practices” and that his publication is being “used to support illegal activity.” According to the 115-page complaint, Moore has conspired with attorneys to […]
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A Political Whisper Campaign: A Real World Example of Character Assassination By Bob Moore
As we reported yesterday, Bob Moore and El Paso Matters have been accused in a federal complaint of being part of a conspiracy to remove District Attorney Yvonne Rosales from her elected office. To understand how Moore conspires with others for political purposes it is helpful to examine a real world example. The problem with […]
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The Bob Moore Election Editorial Masked As a News Report: Did Moore Violate Election Rules?
Yesterday Bob Moore, the publisher and creator of El Paso Matters, posted an article that purports to report on El Paso’s lackluster voter turnout in the ongoing city council runoffs in Districts 1, 6 and 8. What makes Moore’s “article” questionable is that although it reports on the ongoing early voting turnout, it adds an […]
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Bob Moore And The 2022 Elections
Last year El Paso Politics published several articles about the rise of El Paso Hispanic’s political engagement in the 1990’s and the creation of a leadership group designed to empower Latinos more politically. As readers may have observed, El Paso Hispanics, although most of the population, wield little political power in the community because various […]
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The Death Of The El Paso Times: Less Than One Thousand Subscribers
Since news consumers started navigating towards the internet and especially social media for their news, the demise of newspapers was just a matter of time. The internet has disrupted news delivery like it has for the taxi industry with share-ride services or Amazon disrupting shoppers’ habits. News professionals blame the lack of stable revenue streams […]
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El Paso PPP Loan Defaults Higher Than National Average New Search Tool Shows And How Loan Data Helps To Profile El Paso Voters
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress authorized the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan program to keep America’s workforce employed during the health crisis. The PPP loan program was part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The program, administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA), ended on May 31, 2021. The SBA offered […]
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Complaint Lays Out Conspiracy To Remove Yvonne Rosales From Office
Bob Moore has been central to the attempt to remove an elected official who received 201,111 votes from office, according to a federal complaint and court documents. As both a reporter of the events surrounding the attempt to remove Yvonne Rosales from office and as an active participant in the removal process, Moore has been […]
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Commentary: The Illusion Of Truth
In psychology, the illusion of truth effect is “the tendency to believe false information if it is repeated often enough.” Politicians use the illusion of truth by repeating the same message every opportunity they have, even if the message has nothing to do with the discussion at hand. It is done to cement the preferred […]
