Inside the ‘Media Malpractice’ Promo Tour

I am sure that the media tour for any major film is always interesting. However, when that film skewers many of the very same outlets and people who are interviewing you, the possibility for the ride to get particularly odd increases exponentially.  

Last week I released my documentary film “Media Malpractice… How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted“ and appeared on numerous major media outlets to explain and promote the film. You can see most of those, often hilarious, appearances for yourself here.

This is a diary of sorts of my promotional tour.  (more…)

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Tags: CNN, CPAC, matt lauer, Max Blumenthal, Media Malpractice
Posted Mar 4th 2009 at 5:15 am in Featured Story, Media Criticism | 7155858 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jziegler/2009/03/04/promo-tour/Inside+the+%27Media+Malpractice%27+Promo+Tour2009-03-04+13%3A15%3A38John+Ziegler

Regarding ‘The Speech’

Because of a Pittsburgh gig, I only got to see twenty minutes of Rush Limbaugh’s CPAC speech on CNN while in a hotel room ironing my pants. If you’re eating lunch and getting that mental picture, I apologize. After the speech the CNN newsreader (I can’t recall her name) took a mild jab at Rush for mentioning Fox and C-SPAN but not CNN. She then went on to show “Twitter” comments which were 20 to 0 anti-Limbaugh. Which means one of two things — either by the most amazing coincidence all comments came from liberals or there was some bias in the newsroom. You be the judge.

I sat down Sunday night and watched the entire speech and two things occurred to me. The first was how well and how passionately Rush articulated the conservative view of America, the second was how few conservatives there are who can do the same without worrying they might “offend” someone.

As I did for the Obama address to Congress, I’ve deconstructed some of my favorite quotes. Mr. Limbaugh’s quotes are in bold, with my comments below.  Enjoy!   (more…)

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Tags: Barack Obama, CNN, CPAC, Rush Lmbaugh
Posted Mar 2nd 2009 at 1:04 pm in Media Criticism, Political Humor, Reviews | 70766167 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjena/2009/03/02/deconstructing-rush/Regarding+%27The+Speech%272009-03-02+21%3A04%3A01Jeffrey+Jena

Rush to judgment: A media hopelessly divided

This week’s Washington Times column:

The mood at the Omni Shoreham Hotel late Saturday afternoon was off the electrical meter when Rush Limbaugh took center stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

Hundreds of revelers packed the Regency Ballroom and hundreds more filled overflow rooms, hallways and stairways to watch on wide-screen TVs. It was a rare and much-anticipated public appearance of the man so powerful that President Obama singled him out for destruction in his administration’s first days.

Conservative pundits, party leaders and movement bigwigs took special care to position themselves close by so they could hang on every word of the only person who actually could accomplish what the three-day conference was all about – jump-starting the flagging conservative cause. (more…)

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Tags: C-Span, CNN, CPAC, Fox News, High Hewitt
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And Now For Something Completely Different, Please

This week’s Washington Times column:

As CPAC begins in the nation´s capital later this week, the conservative movement has much to contemplate as it attempts to reestablish itself as a dominant force in American political life.

Actually, “relevance” may be a more reasonable short-term goal.

The timing of the yearly Conservative Political Action Conference could not be better suited for evaluating the strategies of the standard bearers of free markets and limited government as free-spending and nanny statist Obamaism runs amok with nary a media check or a legislative balance. (more…)

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Tags: Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, Entertainment, hollywood, Obama
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