Friday, April 17, 2009

Palin Film Maker Talks About His USC Arrest on FOX's Greta Show

I'm not at all sure these USC security officers should have arrested film maker John Ziegler on campus as he attempted to interview Katie Couric, where she was being honored with receipt of the Walter Cronkite Award.

He certainly is all over the right-wing media this morning, though, so I doubt he's unhappy.

7 comments:

ella said...

Apparently Ziegler was NOT recognized media, was NOT in the designated media area and was accosting people entering the Walter Conkrite Media Awards. They should have arrested him for tresspassing - he was NOT invited to this invitational event.

Anonymous said...

USC is in a very dangerous part of L.A. My hat is off to those guards. You have no idea what sorts of violence they have to deal with on a daily basis. They are protecting celebs, students, children, etc., on the campus daily. Security is tight. Someone posing as "media" without bonafide credentials would not be welcome.

By the way, one right wing propaganda documentary does not a journalist make, IMHO.

Anonymous said...

U.S.C. is a private institution, not a public one. You can't just start filming there. The same thing would happen to Ziegler if he started filming at Pepperdine University in Malibu, another private institution (which is "Christian"). Pepperdine would throw him off, as it, too, is private property. Ziegler is an idiot not to know this. But then, a real journalist would know that, right?

Philip Munger said...

anon @ 33 - Interesting. I thought that USC was part of the California State college system.

Anonymous said...

Phillip, no. I used to teach there, so I know for a fact. Please look at their website: usc.edu. It is a private university.

Annette said...

Phil... here is the story behind the video.. if you read the entire post there at HuffPost you see what happened.. the Meat is in the lower part.. the upper is just fluff...lol

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/17/john-ziegler-palin-activi_n_188209.html

Basically, he lied to get in there, surprise, surprise, then tried to ambush people and got thrown out.. and tried to make it look like he was the hero...

Annette said...

He was NEVER arrested.. merely detained for a while.