June 26, 2016

On June 26, 2016 the first show I watched was Meet the Press on NBC. The host was Chuck Todd. The guest for this week’s show were David Miliband, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Paul Manafort, and Tom Kaine. The pundits were Doris Goodwin, Helene Cooper, Kimberly Strassel, and Chris Cillizza.

The first guest to be interviewed was Britain’s former Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs David Miliband. David Miliband was brought in to discuss Brexit. His opinion about Brexit is that Britain should stay. He thinks that Britain should have not left due to relations to other countries will most likely take a turn for the worst. After David’s interview the pundits came on for a brief discussion. During this discussion the talked about  Brexit and how it relates to the US. Kimberly expressed an opinion of which she believes President Obama overstepped his boundaries and shouldn’t have been involved. They all seemed to lean towards Hillary Clinton and said when Trump was in Scotland he should have been in Britain like Hillary Clinton. They started talking about how Trump cares more about his businesses than the country. Chuck proceeded to cut the discussion short and move on to his next interview with Paul Manafort. Paul Manafort’s interview was focused on Trump. However he never answered questions about Trump directly. Instead he ironically tried to divert the attention by claiming Clinton’s whole campaign Ads were diverting attention to Trump’s mistakes. It’s ironic due to him moving the conversation to this, and the fact that Trump’s campaign Ads do the same thing. After Paul’s interview Chuck interviewed Tim Kaine. Chuck started the interview by asking about the ammo clip limitation. He replied that he completely agrees with the limitation. Chuck then asked if he was qualified for his upcoming position, and he replied that he believes no one is prepared until they’re in the position. In my opinion Chuck Todd is a great  host due to him asking questions constantly and ability to keep to conversation to continue. David Miliband was a good guest and was respectful during the whole interview. Paul Manafort wasn’t a good guest due to him dodging questions by declining to answer them or bringing up Hillary Clinton. For Tim Kaine I had to disagree with a lot of the points he brought up, but throughout the interview he was polite. For example when he claimed limiting ammunition clips will help the gun issues, but all it is going to cause is have someone buy to magazines. For the pundits they were all average except Doris Goodwin. She was optimistic and enthusiastic throughout the show, and did a great job participating in the discussion.

Overall the show demonstrated how events like Brexit in Britain can affect the whole world.

For the second show I watched State of the Union on CNN. The host is Jake Tapper.

This week’s guest were Bernie Sanders and Bob Corker. The pundits were Jan Brewer, Martin O' Malley, Ken Cuccinelli, and Nina Turner.

The first interview was with Bernie Sanders. It began with the question of who he planned on voting for during the election. He hesitated and then replied Hillary Clinton. When asked about the hesitation he stated all he wants is for Donald Trump to lose. After some more discussion about his voters and who they may vote for; Jake cut the interview and moved on to Bob Corker. Jake started it off by asking him what he thought about his thoughts on all of the Republicans not supporting Trump. He never answered the question and instead replied I hope we can turn this situation to benefit the public. The pundits were unproductive. Instead of discussing orderly they were just arguing among themselves. Martin and Jan argued between themselves, and Ken and Nina argued between themselves. The only good that came out of the pundits was seeing the outcome of both parties anger for the other party. Now in my opinion Jake Tapper was a bad host during this show due to his inability to keep the guest on the topic at hand. Bernie Sanders was a good guest and provided an insight on the Democrats situation. Bob Corker was a terrible guest due to him not answering a single question during the whole show. The pundits personally need to get a hold of themselves due to their inability to sit and wait for their turn to give their opinion.

This week’s show elaborated on the rift between the two parties and how the opposing party will do anything to justify the opposite party from gaining power. After seeing the pundits reactions on this show I’m in doubt about if the parties will ever be able to coexist peacefully.