Media Examination Assignment



Unit 4: Media Examination AssignmentDirections: Write a 2 paragraph reaction statement for each type of program giving a detailed account about what happened on the program (1 paragraph) and your analysis of the bias and credibility of each (1 paragraph). Sunday Morning Discussions Sunday Morning Interview (usually first half-hour)Round-table discussion (usually second half-hour)Watch two of the following three:Fox News Sunday w/ Chris Wallace (9:00am on FOX / 6:00pm on FOX News / online @ fox-news-sunday)Meet the Press w/ Chuck Todd (9am on NBC / 2:00pm on MSNBC / online @ mtp.)This Week with George Stephanopoulos (9am on ABC / online @abcnews.thisweek)National Nightly NewsTop stories (first segment)In-depth (second segment)Soft news (third segment)Watch one for a half-hour:CBS Evening News w/ Scott Pelley (6:30pm, sections/eveningnews)World News Tonight w/ David Muir (6:30pm, abcnews.wn)NBC Nightly News w/ Lester Holt(6:30pm, clips at msnbc.)Liberal Cable News SpinHardball features “talking head” discussions and interviewsThe Last Word and Maddow feature more discussions about top news stories of the day w/ their opinions Watch one for an hour (clips at msnbc.)Hardball with Chris Matthews(5:00pm and 7:00pm on MSNBC)The Rachel Maddow Show (9:00pm on MSNBC)The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell(10:00pm on MSNBC)Conservative Cable News SpinHannity features “talking head” discussions and interviewsO’Reilly feature more discussions about top news stories of the day w/ their opinionsWatch one for an hour (clips at )O’Reilly Factor(8:00pm on FOX News)The Kelly File (9:00 pm on FOX News)Hannity(9:00pm on FOX News)Off-Beat Look at the NewsThe Daily Show is slanted liberal and is formatted like Nightly News broadcasts w/ a interview at the endThe Colbert Report is slanted conservative and is formatted like the “opinion” news shows on MSNBC and FOX NewsWatch both (an hour total)The Daily Show with Trevor Noah(7:00pm or 11:00pmon Comedy Central/online @ )The Colbert Report(show on Comedy Central/online @ or )John Oliver Sunday 11pm on HBO or @ ................
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