Media Examination Assignment

Instructions: Write a reaction statement for each type of program giving a detailed account about what happened on the program by segment (if applicable) and your analysis of the bias and credibility of each. NO LATES WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Sunday Morning Discussions Watch one of the following three:

❑ Meet the Press w/ David Gregory ● Sunday Morning Interview (10:30am on NBC / 2:00pm on MSNBC / online @ (usually first half-hour) www.mtp.msnbc.com) ❑ This Week w/ George Stephanopolous ● Round-table discussion (ABC News at 11:00am) (usually second half-hour) National Nightly News Watch one for a half-hour:

❑ CBS Evening News w/ Jeff Glor ● Top stories (first segment) (6:30pm, www.cbsnews.com/sections/eveningnews) ● In-depth (second segment) ❑ ABC Nightly News w/ David Muir ● Soft news (third segment) (6:30pm, www.abcnews.go.com/wn) ❑ NBC Nightly News w/ Lester Holt (6:30pm, clips at www.msnbc.msn.com)

Liberal Cable News Spin Watch one for an hour (clips at www.msnbc.msn.com)

● Hardball features “talking head” ❑ Hardball with Chris Matthews discussions and interviews (5:00pm and 7:00pm on MSNBC) ● The Last Word and Maddow feature ❑ The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell more discussions about top news (8:00pm on MSNBC) stories of the day w/ their opinions ❑ The Rachel Maddow Show (9:00pm on MSNBC)

Conservative Cable News Spin Watch one for an hour (clips at www.foxnews.com)

● Tucker Carlson and Hannity features ❑ Tucker Carlson Tonight “talking head” discussions and (8:00pm on FOX News) interviews ❑ Hannity (9:00pm on FOX News)

Off-Beat Look at the News Watch One ● The Daily Show is slanted liberal and ❑ The Daily Show with Trevor Noah is formatted like Nightly News broadcasts w/ an interview at the end (11:00pm on Comedy Central/online @ www.thedailyshow.com) ❑ The Opposition with Jordan Klepper (11:30pm show on Comedy Central/online @ www.colbertnation.com)