PBS Election Special Is Reminder Why It Shouldn't Be Publicly Funded

John Ziegler
October 14th, 2012 2:26 PM
On Tuesday, the broadcast of the first presidential debate since “Big Bird” and PBS funding became an allegedly huge campaign issues, will be sandwiched (depending on what time zone you live in) by a PBS election special called “Race 2012.”   The hour-long documentary is being advertised as a “provocative conversation about race and politics,” from “both sides of the political aisle,” but it…
 

Filmmaker: MSNBC Needs 'Bogeyman' Sarah Palin for Ratings

Lachlan Markay
January 27th, 2011 1:04 PM
On Wednesday, the Hollywood Reporter tried to dissect cable news's strange fascination with Sarah Palin. For Fox it's more apparent: Palin is a paid contributor, after all. But for MSNBC, whose primetime hosts have mentioned her more than any other cable news personalities, it seems to be a case of mutual dependency. MSNBC needs Palin. In a response to the THR article, filmmaker John Ziegler…