Shouting the News: Cable Anchors a Sharp Contrast to the Walter Cronkite Days

Larry King and Bill O'Reilly are two of the top commentators and are widely known throughout the world. They cover great stories from different places. Their styles are very unique and different, while Larry King is a little friendly, Bill O'Reilly has a hard hitting, aggressive way of interviewing things.

Larry King has a straight, non-confrontational approach. His reputation for asking informal, flexible questions has made him eye-catching to important people who want to let people know their position while avoiding being challenged on certain ideas. His interview style is typically honest, but with occasional screaming of mockery and laughter. His approach gets people on his show that would usually not interview. He is a slick guy he was very calm in the questions he was asking. His guest was Al Pacino and they both stated how they were good friends. Larry King is one of the only people that get Pacino to do an interview. Every question was respectful and they both seemed to be enjoying each other’s company. They were genuinely talking about Pacino career and why doesn't he do interviews often. I thought his style was actually very considerate, he didn't get to personal but asked what people wanted know. The last thing he did was offend Pacino, so he makes a great conservation with Pacino and I'm sure that he would come back and do another interview. He directly asked questions and let Al Pacino justify his answers; the facts were stated by Pacino himself.

 Bill O'Reilly has a political and customs approach. O'Reilly is widely considered a conservative commentator, though some of his spots separate from conservative belief. He describes himself as a "traditionalist". He has an aggressive demeanor and every question was just hard hitting. The guest is George Clinton and he's asking questions about taxes and economic growth and more. The issues is presented in a balance way and Bill Clinton have majority of the answers. They have a very solid conversation and it's not any rudeness and disrespect. They mainly were talking about finances and things about economics and the money. O'Reilly has stated that he's not identified with any political ideology, he just attacks the issues. The interview was needed to see ex-president views on the economy changes and issues. Its facts presented but more of an opinion from O'Reilly than Larry King interviews. I learned Bill Reilly views and what he thinks Obama doing to the economy, he’s not in favor of Obama as it seems in this interview.