The media has always played a major role in American Politics. Today two networks on cable, MSNBC and Fox News have established themselves as the major networks that tend to espouse a certain political view. MSNBC tends to play to a more liberal perspective whereas Fox News, more of a conservative perspective.
Your assignment is to view a show on each of the networks between the hours of 8pm-11pm. You will watch a full episode of each on the same night and submit the following:
· Name the show/host/date of each show.
· Discuss in depth the main topics of each show.
· Did you detect a political bias throughout the shows or did you find it more objective throughout the shows? Please provide examples.
· Do you feel that these shows bring a positive or negative aspect to our nation’s political discourse? Why or why not?provide substantive reasoning.
· Compare and contrast the style and substance of each show.
· Are you at all likely to watch one or both of these shows again? Why or Why not?
