First Assignment Question #2

         I don't care for many of the news shows that are on TV today. They are hardly about the news or politics anymore and they have become stages for old men to argue and fight. They are made up of low blows and propaganda against the opposing party, and it seems that they forget what politics is all about which is helping this country. No one on these shows is concerned about who is the most qualified candidate for the job; they shamelessly promote their parties candidate and trash talk the others in the process.
         While I dislike these shows, there are still many millions of people that watch them daily. I think that these shows are still able to hold an audience because, while the shows might not be conveying the news like they are supposed to, they are still creating good television by arguing. However, more and more people are becoming as fed up with these shows as I am and have stopped watching because of how ridiculous they have become. Hopefully sometime in the near future a change will be made to these shows to make them respected places to find real news.
          The exigence for these shows is all of the political happenings in the world each day. While exigence is supposed to be a problem, many of these shows hound their opponents for things that shouldn't be considered wrong, they just need a reason to talk trash.
         The audience for these shows depends on what channel you watch. Fox News, for instance, would be focused mainly towards right wing followers. MSNBC would try to appeal to the left wing. While it is smart to appeal to an audience and to tell them what they want to hear, slandering the other party is not the way to do it in my opinion. Giving them intelligent information to tell their friends would be more effective than giving them gossip.