Product Details

• Producers: John Ziegler
• Format: Color, Full length, Director's Cut
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Rated: Unrated
• Run Time: 160 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00275NTHC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,613 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The 2008 Presidential election was historic in many ways. For the first time, the vast majority of mainstream media decided to openly back one candidate. Media Malpractice tells the entire story of this precedent-setting and dangerous media reality.

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35 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars On Target But I Was Expecting More, May 4, 2009

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Robert E Wilson "robewil" (West Covina, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted (DVD)

First of all, whatever your political leanings are, I cannot see how anybody can deny the political bias that went on in the news media this past election.

Let's summarize it:

Early on, it looked like the two major candidates were going to be Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton. The New York Times, The Washington Post, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, and CNN were all nervous over this as most of the people at these networks desperately wanted the next President of the United States to be a Democrat. They were so uneasy about Clinton's chances that they derailed her candidacy and put the spotlight on a young, articulate, African-American who was in better position to get the young vote, the moderate vote, and the liberal vote. It would potentially hurt the female vote but the news media felt that Barack Obama, overall, would be a better candidate. Meanwhile, these same networks did everything they could to convince America that Giuliani was unelectable and John McCain, as a moderate, would have a better chance. They knew that the soft-spoken McCain would look timid, old, and weak next to Obama. The scheme worked as suddenly, McCain and Obama started winning primaries.

Remember the stink Bill Clinton made about how the media was treating Hillary? Remember how the once-adored Clinton was berated for his accusations? That was just the beginning.

Everything was going as planned for the Obama campaign and the news media. The polls in mid-summer 2008 clearly favored Obama. That is until McCain dropped a bombshell in August 2008. This bombshell was the choice of an outspoken, much truer conservative Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate. Palin frightened the bejesus out of the news media as conservatives and many ex-Hillary supporters rallied behind her. Suddenly the McCain campaign was a real threat to the Obama campaign and the hopes and dreams of the news media. What did the news media do? They launched a barrage of attacks on Sarah Palin. They attacked her family. They picked on where she shopped. They accused her child of not being her child They got Saturday Night Live to spoof her incessantly. They got Katie Couric to interview her and Couric relentlessly attempted to "gotcha" Palin. When all was said and done, enough damage had been done to the McCain/Palin ticket to get Obama elected. It was an amazing display of contrast how Obama's running mate - Joe Biden, got virtually unnoticed during the entire campaign.

John Ziegler's Media Malpractice will review the 2008 campaign. It shows examples of everything shown above. Ziegler will present news clips, screenshots from blogs, and newspaper headlines that provide damning evidence that the news media was behind the Obama campaign all the way. In this regard, the presentation should anger anybody who believes in fair journalism.

While I thought it was all worthwhile, I couldn't help but want more behind the scenes material. I would have liked Ziegler to have directly challenged the media organizations concerning the 2008 campaign. I would have liked some statistics to support and further drive home the whole point being made. In these areas, the presentation falls short.

Nevertheless, the material shown here is disturbing to say the least and anyone who honestly believes the news media was fair should watch this DVD.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eye-opening, November 22, 2010

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Taryn - See all my reviews

This review is from: Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted (DVD)

This documentary was absolutely eye-opening, well-researched, and very well-edited. The only disappointing thing about the documentary is that it wasn't marketed as it should have been. The documentary really could have gone far and I'm not sure why it didn't.

I recommend this to Palin lovers and haters because regardless of your stance, the subject in this DVD should be taken extremely seriously. I especially recommend this to aspiring journalists who need to be brought into the light and shown the sad state that journalism has become today.

Ziegler's exclusive interview with Sarah Palin alone is worth the price of the DVD as it gives the hidden story and political motive behind the famous Katie Couric interview. The un-cut version of the interview is also an extra feature. And don't let your impression of Ziegler's appearances on cable networks deter you from this DVD. It really is that good. HIGHLY recommended.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Propaganda battles propaganda for your opinion., July 2, 2009

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Kurt "KMKinSanDiego" (San Diego, CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted (DVD)

Television journalism is close to flat line in this country: Truth is no longer free viewing for the masses, maybe it never was.... It seems that this venue, DVD's produced by individuals who invest cash, time, and their reputation, into the effort, might be the way citizens get a balanced viewpoint on their big screens at home: but with powerful forces tugging at us from both sides, we individual Americans have quite a tightrope to walk on, with propaganda on both sides.
This video, while obviously pro-Palin, documents numerous examples of biased press coverage during the 08 election. While it doesn't have the slick packaging and features of a Hollywood DVD, it is a priceless piece of work that gives a viewpoint, and asks the viewer to consider the election coverage from that viewpoint. The DVD is a call to action for all of us who want honesty and integrity in news coverage...So I'm sure this DVD will be buried away, and it will be up to you to make an individual choice, spend the money to get information you need to be informed in the future.