Eh, isn't that assault?

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.

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....

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

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.

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....

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.)

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.

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.

Honestly, I don't think they are upside down.

The bridge on which the two halves are mounted is on top, and that's correct. (The round silver disc covers the bridge in the middle, the viewer's side may be marked with a degree scale.)

Rather, he has adjusted the two halves angled up instead of down.

I've had loads of binocs and many of them don't have a stop to prevent this.

It's a bit uncomfortable but not upside down.