Steve Benen is a very liberal and aggressive writer. It is very rare that he is not outraged when he is writing about the subjects that he covers. It seems as though on any occasion, whether it is political or otherwise, that Benen takes an opportunity to go after the Republican party or the Trump administration. Benen goes for a liberal audience when he writes. He only focuses on liberal values and ideas or takes an opportunity to insult or devalue the Republican party. This would fit the overall values of MSNBC because that is also the demographic that they target. Benen's purpose isn't so much to persuade as it is to diminish the people he goes after. He never makes a case for being a liberal, he simply attacks the people that liberals would be against. Benen's subject is always of a political nature. Usually it is just a major development coming out of the White House or Capitol Hill. As discussed earlier Benen's tone is aggressive and confrontational. He wants to go after the people that he thinks does wrong so he does.