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? 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?
make your paper a complete five pages.
Here are the shows you can choose from (1 from each column):

MSNBC Fox News
8-9 All in With Chris Hayes 8-9 Tucker Carlson Tonight
9-10 The Rachel Maddow Show 9-10 Hannity
10-11 Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell 10-11 The Ingrahm Angle