By Ben Cohen

The latest Republican trick is to convince people that the media assassinated Sarah Palin during the election campaign. It’s a pathetic attempt to re-write history and obscure the fact that the GOP put forward an incredibly unqualified candidate who, in all honesty, wasn’t too bright. ‘Documentary’ maker John Ziegler has produced a film that tries to exonerate Palin for her disastrous media interviews and policy gaffes by blaming the elite media. David Shuster of MSNBC wasn’t having any of it, and called Ziegler out for producing a fraudulent piece of nonsense: