Watch Lou Dobbs Tonight (http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/ [1]) or listen to NPR’s _Marketplace Report_ (http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1006 [2]) , two programs that propose to cover financial issues with the public interest in mind. Do Alterman’s claims hold up to these two programs? Are they corporate shills, or are they providing the public with sufficiently critical coverage of private U.S. economic actors? In your answer, make specific references to Alterman’s argument and to the programs that you decide to discuss.