本論文係透過論述分析的途徑，檢視國內兩家報紙（聯合報與自由時報）對1990年 2月國民黨政爭的報導與評論，分別探討兩家報紙對這場政爭所呈現之不同敘事結構、文字語意與修辭操縱等論述單元。研究發現，這兩家民營報紙在政爭期間確實在報導與評論上呈現立場、角度與理念的歧異，也相當程度上再現了政爭雙方的「政治論述」。

　　　　　Focusing on news reports and comments on the power struggle within the Kuomintang in February 1990, this paper use the discourse analysis to reveal the narrative structure、text semantics and rhetorical operation of two private newspapers, United Daily News and The Liberty Times , in Taiwan. The finding suggested that there were significant difference, in position and ideology, between the two newspapers. To a certain extent, these two newspapers also represented the political discourses of the two factions of Kuomintang.