MSNBC’s O’Donnell Denies Anti-Palin Media Bias

February 23rd, 2009 3:58 PM
During the Monday 12PM EST hour of MSNBC news coverage, anchor Norah O’Donnell interviewed conservative film maker John Ziegler, creator of ‘Media Malpractice,’ a documentary on media bias against Sarah Palin, and denied any such bias: "Well, let me ask you, you called the treatment of Sarah Palin and her family a, quote, 'media assassination, one of the greatest public injustices of our time.'…

NB Interview: Ziegler on Clinton, Obama, Palin and 'Media Malpractice

February 19th, 2009 5:31 PM
Last month NewsBusters introduced readers to John Ziegler, a conservative filmmaker creating a documentary about the astoundingly poor job the press did covering 2008's presidential campaign. Marvelously entitled "Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted," the movie is set for release on February 23.I chatted with Ziegler earlier in the week about last year's campaign…

Ziegler and Shuster Fight Over Palin, Round Two

January 11th, 2009 1:19 AM
Round one between MSNBC's David Shuster and Sarah Palin documentarian John Ziegler was delicious.Round two, which took place later in the day Friday on "1600 Pennsylvania Ave," was a tad less contentious, but still quite entertaining.Pay particular attention to the moment at 6:10 when Shuster actually says:When you're doing a documentary, when you're evaluating the credibility of someone, because…

MSNBC's Shuster Called 'A Joke' For His Anti-Sarah Palin Bias

January 9th, 2009 1:50 PM
Documentarian John Ziegler Friday called MSNBC's David Shuster "a joke" and "an alleged newsperson" for his anti-Sarah Palin bias.Appearing on MSNBC to discuss video clips of an interview that he did with the Alaska governor Monday, Ziegler got into a rather contentious exchange with Shuster claiming "this network played an enormous role" in the character assassination of Palin during last year's…

Video: Sarah Palin Strikes Back At Biased Media

January 8th, 2009 1:09 PM
Documentarian John Ziegler has posted at Andrew Breitbart's new website Big Hollywood a fabulous video of an interview he did Monday with Gov. Sarah Palin (embedded right).In it, Palin answers -- with her characteristically delicious candor! -- how she felt about the media's coverage of her family, as well as the Katie Couric interview and Tina Fey's parodies.In his article about his meeting with…

Documentary on 'Path to 9/11' Shows Liberals, Clinton Voters Supported

October 2nd, 2008 1:20 PM
Former Clinton Administration officials and liberal news media personalities who have been sharply critical of the "The Path to 9/11" miniseries fail to point out that top executives, editors and researchers connected with the docudrama ,who are actually quite left of center themselves, were supportive of the project, according to a new film that explores the controversy. "The Path to 9/11" is a…