Rachel Maddow- MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show

In this video clip, Rachel Maddow of the Rachel Maddow Show discusses and analyzes racism in political parties.
After watching part of her show tonight, I would say Maddow leans to the left. I say this because many of her points support the left but I would like to point out that she appears to me as more moderate especially when compared to the likes of Larry King and Bill Maher. I like that she interjects her opinion but she doesn't act like she is "better" or smarter than the right like other left talking heads do. Like the O'Reilly Factor, Maddow's show definitely is an opinioned show that presents news stories. Overall, I didn't really like Maddow. Although I liked how she did not speak to the viewers in a condescending way, her show was just not interesting to me. I watched about 30 minutes of her program and it was more or less the same all the way through, she basically reported story after story with very little in studio guests or interviews. Maddow's show does not keep the viewer interested or engaged and in my opinion this is certainly a problem for the show when the host is not that attractive.

Bill O'Reilly- Fox News: O'Reilly Factor

In this clip, Bill O'Reilly is opening his show, as he always does with the "Talking Points" segment. The clip shows Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at a union rally in Pittsburgh talking to steelworkers about ways to make life more fair in the United States. O'Reilly proposes that many of the things that Pelosi is saying are fundamental ideas of socialism.
Although O'Reilly claims that his show is independent and fair, I think that it definitly leans a little to the right. O'Reilly almost always sides witht the right on the various issues he discusses and it is rare when he says anything positive about the left. I think the show is certainly opinion based. The show reports on daily news stories but not in the manner of a typical evening news show (e.g. CBS evening news, NBC evening news, etc.) Almost everytime O'Reilly presents a news story, he will have a panel analyze the story and give their opinions, so it is an opinion based show. Overall, I like Bill O'Reilly. He is well spoken and tells it like it is. He doesn't sugar coat anything and he says what he wants to say. I think he does a great job in regards to keeping the viewer interested in the program. His show is setup in different segments so it keeps the audience entertained and engaged.

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