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Political opinion and analysis outside the mainstream rarely are found on television talk shows, and it might be thought that this state of affairs is a product of the political agenda of the television stations themselves. ██ █████ ██████████ ████████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ████ ████████ ██████ ██ ███████ ██ ████ ████████ ██████ ███████ ████ ████ ███████ ██ ███████ ███ ███████ ████████ █████ ██ ███ ██████████ ████████ ███ █████ ██████ ████ ███ ████ █████ █████ ████ ████ ██████ ██ █████ ███████ ██ ███████ ██ █ ███████ █████████ ████████ ███ ████████ █████ ██ ██████████ ████ █████ ███ █████████ █████ ███ ██████████
Summary
The author argues that TV talk shows feature boring perspectives because they’re attempting to appeal to the largest possible number of people.
Notable Assumptions
The argument gives support for the claim that TV shows attempt to appeal to large numbers of people, but fails to establish what the preferences of those people are. If viewers don’t prefer bland and innocuous perspectives, then the author’s explanation doesn’t make sense.
The argument relies on the assumption that bland and innocuous perspectives appeal to large numbers of people.
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