The new Sarah Palin (R-Fox) documentary The Undefeated has been the subject of copious mockery by the media, and while the negative reviews and observations about its counter-intuitive title may be deserved, attempts to cast the film as a box office crater aren’t exactly fair. While the film’s reported $75,000 take doesn’t sound like much, its $7500 per-screen average was enough to place it second only to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Ectoplasmic Boogaloo?) by that metric.

In a sprawling expose´ for The Daily Caller, filmmaker (and sometime Mediaite guest columnist) John Ziegler airs several years worth of gripes about his relationship with Sarah Palin and her team, among them that Todd Palin approached him in May about a role in a possible 2012 presidential bid.

Ziegler, more than anyone, is responsible for creating the alternate history of the 2008 campaign upon which much of the current Palin brand is based, but he clearly feels burned by Palin, and fears that a Palin run could, in turn, burn the Republicans.

Former Republican vice presidential candidate and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is about to get the tabloid documentary treatment from E!, according to the network. A network spokesperson tells Mediaite the E! True Hollywood Story: Sarah Palin is set to air April 24.

Known for dramatic tales of celebrity murder mysteries, and the cautionary tales of porn stars and child actors, the E! True Hollywood Story is more about celebrity than politics.

At last year’s CPAC convention, Andrew Breitbart and I had a much-publicized dustup over conservative dress-up artiste James O’Keefe (he of the undercover NPR “sting” video), concerning the racial overtones of O’Keefe’s choice to wear a pimp costume in the intro to his ACORN videos. That encounter didn’t go so well, but this year’s CPAC offered a fresh chance to discuss the issue. During a long lunch with Breitbart, liberal filmmaker Lee Stranahan, and liberal blogger Mike Stark, I finally got an answer to my question.

In an interview with conservative pundit SE Cupp, former Senator (and possible presidential hopeful/wishful) Rick Santorum ticked off several reasons why he believes GOP supernova Sarah Palin is skipping this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), chiefly citing “financial benefit,” but also that she’s “the mother to all these kids.”

Is this a shot across Palin’s bow for 2012? Either way, it’s an unfair, sexist premise that has no basis in fact.

On Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter published an article on the relationship between Sarah Palin and MSNBC, and its role in the network’s success. In a guest column, John Ziegler, radio host, Palin confidante, and the filmmaker behind Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted, offers his analysis of the Hollywood Reporter piece, including exclusive details of Hollywood Reporter’s Q&A with Ziegler which were never printed. The views expressed in this guest column are those of John Ziegler alone.

As an outspoken and dedicated defender of Palin against a mountain of unfair media attacks over the past couple of years, I have often been amused that many of my detractors presume that I have been a strong proponent of a Palin candidacy. The reality is that I am probably one of the few people to tell her to her face (after our January 2009 interview) that she can’t win in 2012, and, in act of even greater stupidity, I have most certainly harmed my last movie among Palin supporters by publicly stating the same opinion.

The tragic events in Tucson this past weekend left the nation shaken, and sparked a divisive debate over the tone of our politics. On Wednesday, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin released a video address on the mass shooting, many hours in advance of President Obama‘s speech at a memorial service in Tucson.

The back-and-forth between Bristol Palin and Countdown host Keith Olbermann continued Friday morning, as Palin hit a local Alaska radio show to discuss her “Worst Person in the World” win. While the eldest Palin daughter was generally a good sport about the whole thing, hosts Bob & Mark laid it on pretty thick, and secured agreement from Palin that Olbermann is, indeed, a “dick.”

Bristol also displayed a willingness, even an eagerness, to appear on Countdown and let Olbermann take his best shots at her.

Breaking: Sarah Palin has said something negative about the media. Today, the ex-governor chatted with the hosts of Anchorage’s Bob & Mark Morning Show—and, sure enough, the talk soon turned to the mean old people of the press. Specifically, Palin was discussing former Mediaite contributor John Ziegler‘s documentary, Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted.

Filmmaker—and former Mediaite contributor—John Ziegler really, really loves Sarah Palin. He stopped by Parker Spitzer last night to discuss what he sees as the media’s bias against the former governor—and to accuse Kathleen Parker of being a perpetrator of that bias.

Media Malpractice, John Ziegler‘s 2009 film that turned the media narrative of the 2008 election on its head, played like a Rocky movie on crack to conservative audiences when it was released. However, the film, despite featuring newsmaking exclusives with then-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, didn’t find much of an audience beyond that.

Two years (and one midterm election) later, an updated version of Ziegler’s film is set to be re-released to retail stores, and will be available on demand to 80 million cable subscribers. We talked to Ziegler about his hopes for the film to find a wider audience in post-Tea Party America, and what it might mean for the film’s de facto star, Sarah Palin.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin‘s “Mama Grizzlies” ad, and subsequent PACtivity, have pundits buzzing about a potential Palin presidential bid. At today’s White House briefing, I asked Robert Gibbs about the ad, and the prospect of a run against Palin in 2012. While Gibbs initially said the President hadn’t seen the ad, and that 2012 would “sort itself out,” he then waded back into the question before moving on, saying that this is a debate the White House is anxious to have.

We reported yesterday that ABC News’ Jake Tapper has taken to Twitter in an attempt to get former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin‘s fans to encourage her to appear as a guest on This Week. On day two, Tapper’s campaign is at least a partial success, as Palin’s biggest booster, Media Malpractice director John Ziegler, exclusively tells Mediaite why he thinks she should accept Tapper’s invitation.

John Ziegler was back on the air with his favorite sparring partner this morning, MSNBC, in an interview with Joe Scarborough on Morning Joe.

And the Sarah Palin filmmaker and fan had mostly positive things to say about the former VP nominee – although some surprisingly negative comments as well.

It’s the end of the year, the time for handy lists and timelines recapping the touchstones of the past 12 months, freezing them in our ever-shortening collective memory.

Of course, some people just have to be different. Mediaite contributor and White House reporter Tommy Christopher pulls back the curtain on covering politics in 2009, and shares photos and videos that have never been seen before. Find out who the Secret Service did manage to keep out of the White House, what Joe Biden told his young mentorees, and much more.

Today is the first day of the rest of Going Rogue’s life, and the beginning of what is sure to be a media avalanche of fact-checking, mock-checking, charges, and counter-charges. Not long ago, on these very pages, John Ziegler prescribed the antidote to this circus: a live debate with Countdown’s Keith Olbermann. Today, I say “Help us, Olby Wan KeithOlby, you’re our only hope!”

In an exclusive to Mediaite, the sometimes controversial documentary filmmaker John Ziegler reviews Sarah Palin‘s new book Going Rogue saying that he was “simply blown away by it on almost every level.” He also calls it “by far best book and greatest literary achievement by a political figure in [his] lifetime,” and leaves open Palin’s future in politics.

I am pretty sure I have a unique perspective from which to comment on HBO’s just released documentary “By the People… The Election of Barack Obama.” After all, I am the creator of the only major documentary on the 2008 election (“Media Malpractice… How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted”).

Don’t listen to the current conservative “conventional wisdom”: Barack Obama, barring an unforeseen disaster, has about as much chance of being a one-term President as Keith Olbermann has of leading the primetime lineup at Fox News Channel. And a big reason we can be so sure is the media.

Last week this website reported on two rather unique and interesting stories involving me. The first dealt with my attempt to get answers from David Keene, who is the head of the American Conservative Union and CPAC. The second focused on my offer to Keith Olbermann to pay his favorite charity $100,000 if he agreed to debate me about Sarah Palin . I wish to address some of the issues that have come up in response to these news items.

Michelle Malkin, conservative pundit and author of Culture of Corruption, is the poster girl for the right’s no-holds-barred opposition to President Obama and the Democratic majority. While she’s not afraid to offend, she’s also not afraid to be disagreed with.

This year’s Western Conservative Political Action Conference may best be remembered for John Ziegler’s unceremonious ejection, but the gathering has also prompted withering criticism across the blogosphere. Can you guess which frothing Daily Kos blogger said this?

On last night’s edition of Countdown, Keith Olbermann and Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis had themselves a good chuckle about the confrontation between John Ziegler and ACU chairman David Keene. Kofinis called the showdown a “good old conservative rat fight,” and Olbermann wondered if Ziegler was “defending his own crush.” In a Mediaite exclusive, Ziegler offers $100,000 to Olbermann’s favorite charity to an on-air debate about the former Alaska Governor.

Yesterday, conservative filmmaker John Ziegler confronted American Conservative Union Chairman David Keene at the ACU’s Western CPAC about comments he made about Sarah Palin, and the FedEx scandal. Profanity, threats of violence, and a “Kanye moment” ensued. In an exclusive to Mediaite, John Ziegler tells his side of the story.