Video: Lauer and Ziegler on Media Malpractice
posted at 12:20 pm on February 23, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
John Ziegler released his documentary, Media Malpractice, today in fine fashion — by venting his outrage on a bemused Matt Lauer. The interview produced a few fireworks, and Ziegler makes his case in his own inimitable fashion:
I’ve been looking forward to the release of the documentary since John and I first discussed it on my show. It includes the entire, uncut interview he conducted with Sarah Palin, as well as his own documentary research into the coverage of Barack Obama over the past two years. This may wind up being a whole new genre of publishing, what with Bernard Goldberg’s A Slobbering Love Affair making the same argument.
As the afterglow of Obama’s inauguration fades and his administration undertakes the task of actual governance, will more of the media start honestly assessing their performance (and lack thereof) during the 2008 presidential campaign? Ziegler and Goldberg have pioneered the effort, but it will take more than this to get the mainstream media to change its ways, or even to admit its biases. In the meantime, we’ll continue to enjoy John’s provocations — more, apparently, than did Matt Lauer, who should at least be commended for inviting John onto the show.
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Just went to Mr. Nolte’s web site. He says the DVD is 115 minutes long.
technopeasant on February 23, 2009 at 3:15 PM
I hear that anything filmed in PalinVision is spectacular.
viking01 on February 23, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Looking forward to seeing John’s video. Although, why do I suspect that the main viewers will be those who already know the press is corrupt?
Here’s a fictional clip about the same thing – funny, enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4mKWceq0vY
(From Copious Dissent the same group that brought us Lying King and if you haven’t seen that one, I’ll post it again here.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWP5ljQV79s
Christian Conservative on February 23, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Nolte says the emphasis on exposing the networks and the MSM for being in the tank for Obama rather than focusing on talking heads like Keith Olbermann.
technopeasant on February 23, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Here’s a man who assisted in the liberal scam to destroy Sarah Palin, KEITH OLBERBOYY…. MSNBC is the hatchet works of NBC.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/fire-keith-olbermann
Sign the petition to fire his ass.
afotia on February 23, 2009 at 4:23 PM
I think a more helpful line of attack for Ziegler would have been to have given examples of questions that would have been asked Barack Obama had there NOT been a double standard. Such as, since the MSM was so interested in Sarah Palin’s education, why was no one asking questions about Barack Obama’s education, at Columbia? What did he study, with whom did he study, and what were his grades? Has any photo of him while he was at Columbia ever been successfully developed? Since everyone was so interested in Sarah Palin’s previous tenure as a city councilman and mayor, why did no one look into Barack Obama’s record in Chicago? Why did no one ask him why he supported the machine Strogers over the reform candidate? Why did no one ask him about the unusual ways in which he was elected to office? Since people were so interested in Palin’s ideology (the “holy war” quote, her “extreme” positions on abortion) why did no one ask Barack Obama whether he still holds by his opinion that the Supreme Court should retool the Consitution to become the guarantor of what the average citizen is entitled to from the government, as opposed to what it’s traditionally been–the guarantor of the protection of citizens from the depradations of government? Sheesh! Get a clue John. Ask these people questions they don’t have an answer to, instead getting into endless pi$$ing matches about what they did and didn’t to Sarah Palin.
smellthecoffee on February 23, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Could Matt Lauer be any more gay???
stacman on February 23, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Actually, I think he’s married to a
beardwoman. I think the look you’re looking for is “effeminate”, which Lauer utterly redefines. The word I am looking for is “pansy”.Jaibones on February 23, 2009 at 5:19 PM
smellthecoffee on February 23, 2009 at 5:01 PM
technopeasant on February 23, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Nahhhhh. The MSM will be besotted for quite a while yet. Ten or twenty years down the road, though, it will be “well, the media were merely reflecting the public’s enthusiasm for the first black president”.
I think Ziegler did a good job here, not backing down until a little at the end. Too bad more aren’t calling the MSM out, and too bad they didn’t do so at the time it was happening, either.
ddrintn on February 23, 2009 at 5:40 PM
This clip is what Ziegler and O’Reilly discussed. O’Reilly came off looking like a apologetic fool for Williams.
Clyde5445 on February 23, 2009 at 9:22 PM
i’m just excited to see 43 whole minutes of unedited palin! love.that.woman.
seaplanes on February 23, 2009 at 9:57 PM
What concerns me most is not the damage done to Sarah Palin but the damage done to the electorate because the media is no longer in the information business. It is in the campaign business. I have been shocked to learn just how little so many adults and teenagers know about basic civics, the essentials of journalistic integrity, etc. It’s not about Sarah Palin, to me. It’s truly about the media malpractice. They will surely continue down this path unless there is some sense of outrage. It will happen to more and more and more candidates. Imagine in 2012 if our candidate is Tim Pawlenty or Bobby Jindal or some other conservative. What will keep them from doing this again and again and again??? I appreciate Ziegler’s work although I have only seen excerpts so far, but it isn’t enough. We need to be demanding integrity from journalists by shouting from every rooftop.
gocatholic on February 23, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Stop buying their garbage and let them find some other line of work.
ddrintn on February 23, 2009 at 11:55 PM
The word I am looking for is “pansy”.
Jaibones on February 23, 2009
That’s just because you’re too polite to use the real “p” word.
SKYFOX on February 24, 2009 at 8:34 AM
This guy Ziegler is a firebrand – I like him…..he’s feisty and I will be getting this documentary.
Ris4victory on February 24, 2009 at 9:17 AM
I almost felt sorry for Lauer there.
Cylor on February 24, 2009 at 9:44 AM
What I’m reacting to is what I’m seeing. Every interview I’ve seen with Ziegler has turned into the same “did not-did too” kind conversation, if you could call it that. That kind of a discussion isn’t going to change anyone’s mind, probably not even arouse his curiosity. As for your citing of the “Sarah Palin got smeared,” I agree that that part of the title reflects a sin of commission. The “media malpractice: how Obama got elected” part of the title implies both. So does the term double standard which Ziegler frequently employs. It can be worked both ways–the commission (smearing of Palin), and omission (the coddling of Obama). Why not give examples from both sides of that coin? He does it in the movie when he questions the Obama fans about what they know/don’t know about Palin AND Obama. My point ultimately is that by mentioning facts (not conjecture) about Obama’s career which the public doesn’t know about, one might raise questions in the public’s mind at least about the media’s handling of the election (if not Obama himself). The main title is Media Malpractice, after all. As I said, he does it in the documentary. Why won’t he do in these interviews?
smellthecoffee on February 24, 2009 at 10:14 AM
The day Sarah was introduced as McCain’s V.P. I knew she was a great mother, person, and had ethics that are relatable. I will never forget that night the look of horror on the faces of the anchors, especially the Campbell Brown, now I know why.
sweetcake on February 24, 2009 at 11:21 AM
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