Hey John it looks a lot like the stuff that happens in Canada Im glad you got it on video.
To the above are you always this anoying or just when you are eposing the Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro school of journalism. Anyone who sees this and cant appreciate the irony of it needs to spend a good couple of weeks in Venezuela for an attitude shift.

Thanks John I guess only 60 minutes or Michale Moore are allowed to show up at events "uninvited".

wipe the arrogant smile off your face, john. it was obvious from the outset what you were up to, you couldn't deal with the ground rules for your original intent so you changed "roles" and were amazed when you weren't allowed to make trouble by trying to lie your way in. maybe the handcuffs were a little over the top but considering your resistance and refusal to comply, who knows what they thought you were capable of. it's private property, you were told how to make your point, you didn't want to comply, you and your agenda got smoked. no wonder you're a talk radio has been and documentary wannabe. if you're a journalist, i'm prince of wales. and as for the previous comparison of a respected school of communications to repressive dictatorships...i'm sure you and jz will be very happy together in your rubber room with your tinfoil hats waiting for the aliens.

As a Conservative, I have to say that this video clip was uncomfortable to watch. Everyone was politely telling Ziegler to leave and he acted like a first class dick.

If I was one of the security guards, not only would I have handcuffed Ziegler, but I would have hit him over the head with my nightstick until I had beaten that stupid smile off his face.

It's not easy to criticise someone who shares my political point of view, but people like this give Conservatism a bad name. We don't need our own Michael Moore. One of him is enough.

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I wonder if any REAL conservative would be uncomfortable considering how this would have made major news headlines if this were an event that could have been defined as conservative and a "Code Pink" idiot who would been blocking access and throwing "fake blood" around were arrested.

Don't try to tell me that was a legal seizure since USC last time I checked was public property and no "disturbance of the peace" occured. If what these little minded journalists like Couric wanted was a quiet evening to celebrate their itty bitty selves with their inflated egos, then rent a private hall like the rest of the world does to hold awards ceremonies.

But for anyone here to suggest the arrest was correct and just is simply showing your liberal leaning toward that propaganda machine that's taking us to the edge.

Again, why didn't this get the same outrage coverage from the media that all those Anti-War, Anti-Bush, Anti-American morons got doing things far more severe than simply wanting to interview people and ask questions !!!

John - Great job exposing (once again) the complete hypocrisy of the academic and media left in this country. John did nothing but ask questions until the media relations guy got uncomfortable and decided to sick the goons on him.

I am curious though, who, exactly, gets to determine which journalists get are part of the "official" media in this country?

John should get an award!! OH the hypocrisy. The MSM is bought and paid for !!! We don't have journalism in this country anymore we have advocacy and academia is to blame.

As a conservative Police Sergeant, I find this video very disturbing but not because of the actions of the campus police, but because of your actions, John.

Although I agree with your point about the journalism, you acting the way you did, in my opinion, made you look just like one of the Code Pinko protesters. I think your point would have been made and accepted by merely asking questions about why you couldn't go in and then doing what was asked by going outside the barricade and cover as much as you can.

Acting the way you did is not going to make any difference. Roughed up? These campus officers tried to do their job without having to handcuff you. You pushed it to the point that they had to do so because you would not leave on your own. You were not roughed up. It looks to me like they took painstaking measures to make sure that didn't happen.

As one of your supporters and admirers I was definitely disappointed in your behavior. If we start acting like the lefist loonies at these functions we will not be taken seriously.

Most conservatives that watch this will be disappointed at your behavior, it's fine to ask questions but once they insisted you go behind the barrier, you should have done so and you could have opined on camera how you were not allowed in, the point would have been made.

In my opinion you overdramatized this whole issue and hurt your message, not helped it.

If I didn't know you I would have thought I was watching some left wing protester.

Those campus police officers used great restraint in handling you, they didn't even seem to want to do what they had to do, they were just trying to do their jobs, and if I know them like most officers they probably sympathized with you but they have a job to do.

I hope in the future you react a bit differently, make your point but do so in a respectable fashion, the point will be much better accepted, especially when you are preaching to the choir.

Sgt. Jay Are

Way to go, John! This is just a TASTE of what we can expect in the future. Say good bye to free speech. I am proud of you, John.

I thought the funniest thing was how lame the security guards were trying to handcuff John. Great video!
BTW, what camera were you using? 1080i , 24p? Panasonic or Sony?

While I admit John Ziegler went much further than I would have, still those of you blowhards who support what the police did need to take your heads out of your butts. And that includes those of you who pretend to be conservative. THIS is what is happening our freedoms. THIS was one of the the things that started the American Revolution; CRUEL REPRESSIONS. Ziegler had EVERY right to be there. These security officers violated his civil liberties and should be diciplined. Next time it could be anyone who dares to speak out even if you don't give half the provocation. This is where our country is headed and you proponents of this need to wake up and take notice.

I am a regular American. Nothing fancy, just John Q. Public. But I have to tell ya, I am getting scared of what is happening in our country. Pretty soon, they will start telling us where we can go, and what time we will will have to be home. Our freedoms are being bled from us. God help us all.

God you come off as an idiot.
USC is a private university, you were asked to leave from their private property, get over it. You give our country a bad name.

As obnoxious as John may be, he is shedding light on a dramatic journalistic injustice done to Gov. Palin by our media "elite". As uncomfortable as I am at this form of civil disobedience, we had better be prepared to step up and be counted when, one by one, our countrymen and women are falsely smeared and our liberties are purposefully eroded by polished and manicured oligarchs-in-training.

Regardless of whether anyone agrees with John's choice of candidates, what occurred here is abominable. The US Constitution doesn't state that freedom of speech and press only applies to public property. We are a police state and people need to recognize that. Believe me, I want Obama to make the changes we need but I also know better, I know who's behind him and who was behind Bush. Obama filled his cabinet with the same people whose loyalties lie with another country and agenda, and that's dangerous. You can go on believing whatever you want but everything has gone according to the plan that was devised at the turn of the 20th Century, Obama and Bush and many before them, are merely puppets. The only president who tried to fight these people was Kennedy when he tried to create another currency through executive order 11110, and when he tried to stop Israel from getting nukes. He lost his life over it.

Those who are behind the agenda don't care about parties, they'll disguise themselves as whatever party the popular vote will choose, and they'll convince you through their media the candidate they want you to choose. They did it, this is what's happening here.

Things will not improve, we are getting closer and closer to that one world government, silencing dissenters is part of how it's done.

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John,

You are neither a journalist, nor excellent. You didn't deserve to be let on the campus. Usually strange men with cameras stalking women on college campuses ARE ARRESTED.

"Journalists", as you claim to be, usually have credentials. I didn't see you displaying any of those.

"Journalists" (with credentials) are usually given guidelines on coverage, as to where and when they can shoot, unless covering a breaking news event, but even so, must follow the direction of police and fire personnel. (This was a private security force)

As a "journalist" you should understand what pool coverage means. It does not mean to bring your speedo and suntan lotion.

"Journalists" do not protest or demonstrate. They cover them, protests and demonstrations. See the Republican Convention. The protest/demonstration areas, are usually somewhere in the same city, sometimes even within a mile of the event.

I hope this "journalism" is used against you in a court of law. By the way, being arrested for covering a demonstration - that consists only of you - does not violate the freedom of the press.

You should have been arrested for a/ Trespassing, b/ Disturbing the Peace, c/ resisting arrest (although, I don't think it covers private security, who I though were very nice in not throwing you to the ground, and cracking you over the head... the only thing your cameras were good for)


I didn't respect you before, and respect you less than than nothing now.

Also, learn how to hold a mic so you don't look like a bad comedian doing a bad schtick. "Is that a schtick in your hand, or are you just cumming to cover me"... journalisticly that is.


Were you drunk? Or just an idiot? I hope drunk.


I was going to come to USC, to watch your dog and pony show, and now I'm sorry I missed it. Damn! It only could have been better had they tazed you ... dude!

The irony is that you, a heckler, were detained by a guy named Heckelman.


They only let you go because they couldn't take HOW ANNOYING YOU ARE any longer. You are a terrist, with a newkular idiocy.

Thanks for the laughs.

By the way, those marks are what happen when you squirm in handcuffs, but I'm sure your boyfriend has already told you that.


:-D




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PS. I don't think you should let Orange County Film edit any more of your videos. I don't think he/she likes you.

And when you say "John Ziegler was not involved the the production or editing of this video in any way" you should not have a title card in the video that says, "MY GUYS always roll sound" Although, you don't say "with this" you say "the the" so I guess I can't call you a liar, only illiterate, a great quality for a "journalist"

And for those that compare him to Michael Moore, I think Mr. Moore is a "documentarian", and when he doesn't have credentials and is asked "to leave or face arrest," he doesn't pretend he is drunk and/or stupid, he eventually leaves.

Mr. Ziegler, I hope your career is short, (if you could call it "a career") because it is painful to watch.


:-D

Although I agree with ur political views on journalism & katie, the facts are:

1) u do not have the protection ACCREDITED media is allowed, & those members would have complied with a legal request.

2) Just because u want to express ur opinion, doesnt give u the right to ignore the rules or laws that you chose to think are ridiculous. If you dont agree with them, then lobby in the proper channels to get them changed.

3) Those police officers gave you WAY more patience, politeness, leniency than you deserved.

After you didnt comply with their LEGAL orders the 2nd time, you should have been arrested. When you resisted, both verbally and phyiscally (yes, cry baby, you WERE resisting), they should have just dragged you off and put you in jail.

Although you are one of the most annoying ppl i have ever listened too, and would LOVE

I agree with Gilbert Riley's opening statement (Sarc)

"Usually strange men with cameras stalking women on college campuses ARE ARRESTED."

Stop Stalking women John! Jeeze Louise..

And Brian Johnson's point is well taken:

"After you didnt comply with their LEGAL orders the 2nd time, you should have been arrested. When you resisted, both verbally and phyiscally (yes, cry baby, you WERE resisting), they should have just dragged you off and put you in jail"

Did you get that John? Who do you think you are? Michael Moore or Cindy Sheehan? Jeeze Louise

Gilbert,
First, I'm impressed. You actually know what a "comedian doing a bad schtick" looks like. Or in your case does it take one to know one. As for comparing Ziegler to Micheal Moore, the difference is Micheal Moore is only good for making up bogus documentaries, John Ziegler is EXPOSING THE TRUTH. But I guess you wouldn't know what the truth was if it bit you in the ass. Furthermore, you clearly don't know the meaning of the terms "Disturbing the Peace," or "Tresspassing," because if you did you would know that John didn't do either.

I'm going to say this again; John had every right to be there. He wasn't there to prostest, he intended to attend the ceremony. When he was denied admission he wasn't even allowed to pass out his DVDs. THAT is NOT protesting. You guys need to take your heads out of your butts and realize this.

The issue is NOT about what credentials you have, the issue is about exposing the unfair coverage, and the lack of real journalism that existed during the campaign and the fact that Obama won due to it all.

Ziegler is way out of line and his mental capacity fails to realize certain key points

They can not let everyone that is press or Media in and have to set the priorities on who gets in. If they let him in then they have to let all the Media in and as the gentleman stated the logistics of the room did not allow it.

If he wanted in he may well could have arranged for it ahead of time and possible an exception can be made.

Instead he comes across as arrogant and full of self importance.

Anyone that acted the way he did in his rude and crass manner should expect to get arrested for disturbing the peace.

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You fail to see the Big Picture

Palin failed the Interviews not just with Couric but also the Gibson interview.........Read the Transcripts and they prove it.

Palin Made herself the laughing stock of the world and then she had the "Interview with the Presdient of France"
audio
youtube.com/watch?v=CcEiR01QK7o

politicalhumor.about.com/od/sarahpalin/a/palin-prankcall.htm

PALIN: That's not my husband but he's a normal American who just works hard and doesn't want government to take his money.

AVENGERS: Yes, yes, I understand we have the equivalent of Joe the Plumber in France. It's called Marcel, the guy with bread under his armpit.

PALIN: Right, that's what it's all about, the middle class and government needing to work for them. You're a very good example for us here.

AVENGERS: I see a bit about NBC, even Fox News wasn't an ally as much as usual.

PALIN: Yeah, that's what we're up against.

AVENGERS: Gov. Palin, I love the documentary they made on your life. You know Hustler's Nailin' Paylin?

PALIN: Ohh, good, thank you, yes.

AVENGERS: That was really edgy.

PALIN: Well, good.

AVENGERS: I really loved you and I must say something also, governor, you've been pranked by the Masked Avengers. We are two comedians from Montreal.

PALIN: Ohhh, have we been pranked? And what radio station is this?

AVENGERS: CKOI in Montreal.

She then after handing the phone off says its from "Montreal France"


Everyone that is supporting Ziegler fails to Realize that he is not telling the Truth.............He is only telling you the truth as he wants to See it and portray it.........So he is just as Biased

At least this woman had a press pass / credentials.

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As a Vermonter, I'm completely used to this treatment through the Newspaper Media. I written hundreds of editorials to the Burlington Free Press, and never have seen my opinion printed. Zieglar is just trying to show people the force that is used only by the liberal media to stomp out any other polictial philosopy. Everyone needs to understand journalism ethics FIRST, before showing your ignorance on this page.

I just saw this shameful video today, June 10, 2009. This is not a conservative/liberal issue. This is a complete violation of the right to free speech. This type of conduct borders on assault and kidnapping. I voted for Obama and I feel that Obama would also look upon this troubling video as something that should not be tolerated.

As a campus law enforcement officer of 25 years experience, and as a life long conservative this video has me somewat conflicted.

On one hand Zeigler had legitimate points to make, and could have made them quite well within the confines of the guidelines they set out for him. In fact, I think the video would have had more power to highlight his voiced concerns had he been doing so from behind the barricades. Instead he tried the ol' confrontational investigative reporter schtick, which was initially humored until it grew old.

The college "spokesman" was/is a bit ineffective as a communicator in a stressful environment. Note to politicians out there, don't hire that guy for your press spokesman, he's really not up to the pressure of the job. To his credit though, he never started yelling. He did allow himself to get into a smart alleck tit for tat discussion with a professional smart alleck. always a losing proposition.

The police/secuity were ok really. They were indecisive because the cameras were there, which from an officer safety stand point, was an incredibly bad idea. Zeigler resisted arrest. The marks on his wrist were do to improperly applied hand cuffs that got applied improplerly because Zeigler was resisting arrest. They could have easily stabalized Zeigler, checked the cuffs for proper application and the double locked them, none of which was done that I could see. They had every right, once he started active resistance, to take hm to the ground (which is what I would have done to neutralize his height) do a more effective job of controllong Zeiglers arms, this making the cuff application smoother.

The USC campus is owned by the State of California, it is public property, supported by tax dollars. As such Zeigler has constitutional rights to free speech, that he was exercising. Yes he ws bing boorish, yes he was rude, yes he was being a jerk, but he was not disrupting the event.

To Sgt Are.

You said " how far do you push things to get your point across. Two wrongs don't make a right."

I am just glad our founders did not feel that way or we would all still be subjects of the British Crown!

I don't understand the confusion.

1. They asked you to move. You didn't. You sat down on the ground. Clearly even when they tried to pull you off the grounds you tried not to budge. That is considered resisting, and any sort of the action has possible legal action

2. for those who don't know, any events of the type held on campus require the award-winners consent for any media form to be included inside, not just for the sake of seating but in the best interest of the winner. If it was a liberal getting arrested at a conservatist function the comments would be exactly reversed.

3. Private or public property, the security guards were within their rights to move someone being disruptive off the premises. If I am standing in front of a Wal-Mart handing out 'don't shop at wal-mart' videos, i am disrupting their business. The same goes for this situation. I hear initially you attempted to start a protest, but changed it at the last minute. This shows your ultimate intentions.

All in all, this just reminds me why I choose to stay neutral. Are we really going to go through this everytime a new president is elected? If we are, I refuse to associate myself with either side.

And by the way, for everyone saying freedom of speech/journalism/whatever else is going down the drain, all news, information, and anything else has had a biased view. Nothing can be explained completely objectively and in its entirety, and even then the individual will determine their own views on a given subject. It's time to get over it and wait 4 years for your next chance at glory. and that goes for both liberals and conservatives.

I am certain that you all are familiar with the phrase "You can't fight City Hall?" Kudos to John for trying. You might not like the guy, but it is, and was his constitutional right to be present at that event. I never heard of John Ziegler until I watched this video. I can honestly say that I was completely unbiased upon viewing it.

As a man of higher then average intelligence, I can sympathize with both parties in this, let's call it a "dispute", even though it was more like a "Debacle". The campus security did not act on their own accord. You can clearly see they were in contact with an unknown person via radio, and just following orders. Had they not done so I am sure their jobs would have been placed in jeopardy.

As far as Waldens1's comment:

"To Sgt Are.

You said " how far do you push things to get your point across. Two wrongs don't make a right."

I am just glad our founders did not feel that way or we would all still be subjects of the British Crown!"

This is exactly it in a nutshell. Had we as colonists turned and walked away at the behest of British soldiers, we would all be speaking with a British accent and taking tea daily at 4PM. We must stand up for what we believe in. We all do so in our own way. This was John's way. In acting the way his opposition did, they further solidified his point and gave much credit to his cause.

Herdz Catz put it in the most prolific way. Unfortunately most of the comments posted here are by individuals who lack the education to understand his/her words.

"As obnoxious as John may be, he is shedding light on a dramatic journalistic injustice done to Gov. Palin by our media "elite". As uncomfortable as I am at this form of civil disobedience, we had better be prepared to step up and be counted when, one by one, our countrymen and women are falsely smeared and our liberties are purposefully eroded by polished and manicured oligarchs-in-training."

I like Obama. I believe he was the best choice out of the candidates we had to choose from. Was the media slanted in his direction? You would have to be both deaf and blind to think otherwise. Was it the soul reason he won the presidency? Absolutely not! It definitely didn't hurt his campaign.

Had John McCain picked any other running mate but Sarah Palin, I believe the race would have been much closer. Obama still would have won in my opinion, but this is pure conjecture. Palin had many strikes on the board just entering the race. One, she was unfairly targeted due to her good looks; and two, her unwed teenage daughters pregnancy. These two examples are just the most obvious and the most exploited.

Politics is a dirty game my fellow Americans. It takes a person with the sort of morale flexibility found only in the Animal Kingdom. Namely, a Lion. Lion's are strong protectors’ of their pride. However, they sit by while the lionesses do the hunting. They also have the ability to commit "infanticide". For all those unfamiliar with this act, please take a moment to read the definition from the link I provided for you. This one word/act sums up most politicians.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanticide_(zoology)

You are free to think, speak, write, and post anything your heart desires. This is what makes America better then most other nations. You don't have to agree with the way John handled himself on this video. You do however have to recognize his right as a Untied States citizen to do so. What takes place on this video only differs from the events at Tiananmen Square by the absence of tanks and his death.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989

Remember my friends:

"A Politician will always be there when he needs you"

-Ian Walsh (UK) (OF GOBBS AND WORMS AND OTHER THINGS)

-Asiatic Al

To be fair, you were moderately funny and it was amusing watching you try not to cry.
I'd like it noted I dont give a shit about american politics, your country affects mine in many ways but the party leading makes little difference.
Reason you're not allowed in: You weren't invited, you didnt win anything. Try to understand it.
You should look up the definition of irony. An example of irony: A firestation on fire, not you, someone claiming to be a journalist (Who is in fact a radio presenter) being refused admittance to a private, invitation only ceremony (to which you were not invited).
In future, don't spin things your way, if you're right, they'll dig their own hole. Twisting others words isnt a great way to enamour you in the eyes of the public.

Very good, went all Michael Moore on them. Yes, they were in their Legal Right, but woe to a country that looses its compass and relies only on the hard law. People without internal compass for right and wrong , won't uphold the law much longer. (sorry for my English, It is a second language to me)

You know exactly what the rules are. You were harassing that security guard, chasing after him with a camera and mic in his face, and just all around being a shit disturber. You went in there trying to cause a commotion. What did you expect to happen? Is there any way, other than giving you exactly what you want, that you would have let this end in any other way than you getting dragged off by security? You made this happen, you're a shit disturber. That's all.

USC is public property. They can't deny anyone's freedom of speech or freedom of the press on public property. Ziegler should have submitted to arrest and sued them for everything they're worth.

Many of the commenters here need to read the Constitution and understand our right to free speech. The ignorance is disappointing.

Mr. Zeigler, I'm a Palin fan and I traveled out of state on my own dime to serve as an attorney on her and McCain's Election Day Operations team in November. I thought the famous Couric interview was an unfair hit job. I have really enjoyed the parts of your documentary that I've seen. But I found your conduct at USC embarrassing and inappropriate.

As a parent of a kid who begins broadcast journalism studies at the USC Annenberg School for Communications next month, I am quite happy to see that the campus police are polite, respectful, professional and give a person every chance to comply with established rules and their directives before finally enforcing compliance as they had to do with you. You richly deserved the treatment you received. You ought to reconsider those sorts of tactics, by the way, and you ought to realize that posting videos like this one do nothing to bolster your credibility.