Below the asterisk line is some background I put up yesterday.\u00a0 Go read it and watch the video, then come back to the top.<\/p>\n
John Ziegler has released the results of his new poll<\/a>.\u00a0 The short story:\u00a0 McCain voters appear to be about twice as well informed as Obama voters.\u00a0 35% of McCain voters got 10 or more of 13 questions correct, while only 18% of Obama voters could do the same.\u00a0 Full results of the poll and video of Ziegler on Hannity & Colmes are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Remember:\u00a0 Ziegler isn’t saying there is something wrong with Obama voters.\u00a0 He IS saying that there is something seriously wrong with the media reporting and coverage, the selection of topics to stress or even mention, the quality of the analysis provided, and so on.\u00a0 In other words, Ziegler is indicting the media for abject failure to do right, because they were in the tank for Obama.<\/p>\n For internals on the poll, methodology, etc., go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n ****************************************************************************************************<\/p>\n READ THIS FIRST, THEN BACK TO THE TOP TO CONTINUE:<\/p>\n I referred a few days back to a new film by John Ziegler<\/a>, that features the results of polls taken of Obama voters regarding their knowledge of the candidates. Politico covered the controversy ignited by the poll and viral video (at the link above, 1.5 millions views and counting, and utterly fascinating) and discussed Ziegler’s plans for a more complete documentary on the topic<\/a>.\u00a0 Here’s a bit of the Politico article, which goes into more detail on Ziegler’s plans.<\/p>\n The controversial “How Obama Got Elected” video by John Ziegler is only part of a longer documentary that the conservative talk radio host hopes to release early next year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Wouldn’t it be great if when they mentioned Oprah, or Larry King, or Chris Matthews, they said “the liberal talkshow host”? Sigh. Apparently in a “middle of the road” source like Politico, it’s still worth mentioning if someone is “conservative”, but not if they’re “liberal”. Par for the course, I suppose.<\/p>\n The viral video of interviews with Obama voters, one that Ziegler said shows the highly selective news consumption habits of Barack Obama supporters, has received more than 1.5 million views on YouTube. Thanks to an accompanying Zogby poll (later criticized by John Zogby himself), the video sparked high-profile stories on cable news shows, political blogs and other outlets, including Politico.<\/p>\n Ziegler, who recently branched out into filmmaking with the documentary “Blocking ‘The Path to 9\/11, says the popular viral clip is only a small element of a longer video that may debut in February at the Conservative Political Action Conference. He’s been accumulating hours of newscasts, so much so he says he can put together a “Gone With the Wind”-length epic.<\/p>\n “I’m into actually showing bias,” says Ziegler, who hopes to show in his unfinished film how those who voted for Obama consumed information only from pro-Obama news sources, and, he believes, were therefore less informed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Later in the article, we see this nugget:<\/p>\n “Redistributing the wealth”\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u201d While a radio interview with Obama dating back to 2001 got lots of play on Drudge for its alleged comment about wealth distribution, the mainstream media all but ignored it, Ziegler says. The radio interview with WBEZ-FM was, in fact, discussed on CNBC, MSNBC, and in The New York Times, among other outlets.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Does Politico think that mention on two lower rated cable channels and page H77 of the NY Times somehow contravenes Ziegler’s point?\u00a0 Nothing from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, WaPo, etc., and probably only a single brief mention in the sources they cite.\u00a0 Certainly nothing like sustained coverage and analysis anywhere in the “major media”.<\/p>\n Ziegler is certainly not alone in his assessment of the media’s performance. Near the end of the article, Politico reports:<\/p>\n Following a recent panel discussion at the University of Southern California that was co-hosted by Politico, Time Magazine editor-at-large and political analyst Mark Halperin came under fire for his remarks about media bias.<\/p>\n “It’s the most disgusting failure of people in our business since the Iraq War,” Halperin said. “It was extreme bias, extreme pro-Obama coverage.” After his remarks, left-leaning blogs went ballistic, as did right-wing talk radio hosts – obviously for different reasons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n What’s funny here, of course, is that if you’re on the Left, you’re only “left-leaning”, but if you’re on the Right, you’re full-on “right-wing”. Notice the different shade of meaning if the sentence was this:<\/p>\n After his remarks, left-wing blogs went ballistic, as did right-leaning talk radio hosts – obviously for different reasons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Obviously, the shades of meaning are different.\u00a0 And the funniest part of all is that Politico can’t help but let its bias show, even while reporting on charges of media bias.<\/p>\n Ziegler has continued working on the new documentary, “How Obama Got Elected”, and now has poll results of both McCain and Obama voters, which he plans to reveal in just a couple of days.\u00a0 Ziegler’s thesis is simple:\u00a0 Obama got elected because disproportionate numbers of people who voted for him simply didn’t know much about him, and the fault for that lies mainly with the major media.<\/p>\n For a preview and some background on this important exposure of media bias, watch “Hannity & Colmes” on Tuesday, Dec 2.\u00a0 (Check your local listings for the FOX NEWS CHANNEL, but probably 9 pm and midnight eastern time.)\u00a0 It should be fascinating.\u00a0 Make popcorn.<\/p>\nShare this:<\/h3>