Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com has criticized the polling methods employed on Ziegler's behalf in making the argument presented in the documentary.[56] Ziegler was interviewed by Silver on November 18, 2008, about this matter. (see partial transcript)[57] The polling firm Zogby International initially issued a statement defending its work.[58] After receiving more criticism, however, John Zogby, the polling firm's founder, stated that "I believe there was value in the poll we did. I also believe it was not our finest hour. This slipped through the cracks. It came out critical only of Obama voters".[59] Ziegler responded to this by saying "IÂ’m outraged. I find this amazing. There was nothing wrong with the original poll. IÂ’m the exact same person I was last week. The left-wing blogosphere basically demanded this."[59] Carl Bialik of The Wall Street Journal "The Numbers Guy" blog and Mark Blumenthal of Pollster.com called the poll "misleading".[60][61] The WSJ blog quoted Zogby as stating that he was on a book tour when the contract was reached and the survey was conducted, and he would not have approved the poll in the form that it took.[60]
