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14 years ago @ Big Government - Mitt Romney, Despite O... · 1 reply · +34 points

BMW makes three models in their South Carolina plant, which is located in a right-to-work state. Just sayin'...

14 years ago @ Big Government - News Intern Harassed W... · 0 replies · +11 points

Eh, isn't that assault?

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - Daily Beast: John Avlo... · 0 replies · +12 points

This is what happens when you have people attempting to draw conclusions when working far out of their field of expertise.

Being a speechwriter and blogger obviously didn't give him the chops to crunch ratings.

What is this guy's credentials to do media analysis? I can't even find his educational background on the Web.

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - Top 20 Most Useless Co... · 16 replies · -42 points

Sorry, I can't accept the premise.

It's not really journalism unless you practice using elements and standards of the profession.

Because of the growing information glut, never in the history of reporting has a good education in journalism been more important. You have to know what you are doing in order to know better....

15 years ago @ Big Government - White House Releases O... · 0 replies · +12 points

I guess you could say Obama was Trumped....

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - Politico Defines Bias ... · 0 replies · +2 points

Actually, Andy Barr is nothing more than a political blogger and his opinions need to be treated as such. He has no business being referred to as a reporter or a journalist. He is just another in a long line of people working in the field (from Chuck Todd to Diane Sawyer) who are not educated at journalists. Barr earned his bachelor’s degree in government. You cannot expect him to know any better.

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - Media Matters Still Ha... · 7 replies · -9 points

This episode sort of proves my point when I say people who don't have a journalism or communications education don't have any credibility when writing media analysis. They really don't know what they are talking about and they really don't know how to do even junior college level reporting to find out....

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - CNN’s Ratings Booste... · 1 reply · +3 points

I don't know if I'd call it journalism but they are obviously reports.

That said, I'm not sure so-called citizen journalism is the future. I'm not at all sure what the future will bring.

Of some things I am certain: there are a lot of undocumented journalists out there who haven't a clue about media ethics, the framers' intent in the First Amendment, the role of the press as the Fourth Estate and least of all the mechanics of journalism as a profession. (This includes a number of folks in the employ of mainstream media outlets, too.)

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - How the Left Keeps Dro... · 9 replies · -30 points

If I've said it once I've said it a hundred times: if your professional media experience isn't founded on a college education in communications or journalism (not Poly-sci, not English Lit, not Public Administration) you have no business portraying yourself as a media professional and surely not as a media analyst. It's actually pretty insulting.

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - NYT Says Rise in Citiz... · 0 replies · +8 points

NYT's undocumented journalists are mad about the Web's undocumented journalists.

That's rich. No, not Frank. But speaking of undocumented journalists at the Times.....

Well, in a world where anyone can play reporter we should just be thankful that they can't do as much damage as someone playing doctor.

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