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It has been claimed that television networks should provide equal time for the presentation of opposing views whenever a television program concerns scientific issues—such as those raised by the claims of environmentalists—about which people disagree. ████████ ████████ ██ ██████████ ██ ███████ █████ ████ ████ █████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███ ███████ ██████████ ██████ ███████ ██ ████ ██ ███████ ██████ ██████ ██████ ██████ ████ █████████ █████████ ████████████ ███ ██████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ █████ ██ █████████ █████████ ██ █ ███████ ████████ ██████████ ███████ ████ ███████ █████ ████ ██ ██ ████ █████ ████ ███████████
Summarize Argument
The author concludes that television shows covering scientific issues need not give equal time to opposing views. Why? Because scientific issues are not like social issues, which are politically important and can rarely be settled definitively.
Notable Assumptions
The author assumes there’s no other reason a program would be obligated to provide equal airtime to opposing sides of an issue. She also assumes scientific issues can more often be settled than social issues and are less likely to have important political consequences.
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