This week the US House of Representatives will pass the impeachment charges and soon the Senate will need to determine if and how thorough they want to conduct this trial against President Trump.

In today’s episode of Polilogue, we examine how the moderators of the Sunday morning political shows shaped these conversations. We ask ourselves which interviews had effective use of video clips and gave context? Which hosts asked effective, simple questions? Which interviews were theatrical?

Chapters

• Introduction

• Highlight/Lowlight

• Chuck Todd

• George Stephanopoulos

• Chris Wallace

• Jake Tapper

• Margaret Brennan

• Why It Matters: Partisanship

• Show Rankings

• Closing

Shows discussed 

• Face the Nation on CBS

• State of the Union on CNN

• Fox News Sunday on FOX

• This Week on ABC

• Meet the Press on NBC

Why are there only two parties in American politics? (WaPo): https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/27/why-are-there-only-two-parties-in-american-politics

Political Polarization in the American Public (Pew): www.people-press.org/2014/06/12/political-polarization-in-the-american-public

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