What evidence does Minow give in this speech that television is a "vast wasteland"? A) It is too preachy. B) There is not enough news C) There are too few commercials D) The programming is unimaginative.

Explanation:

In the excerpt presented from "Television and the Public Interest," Newton N. Minow who was a chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 1961 to 1963 claims television lacks value or is useless and because of this television needs to change. For doing this Minow invites the audience to sit in front of the television during one day and then Minow lists the type of programs and contents the audience would find including  game shows, comedies that are not real, violence, western characters, cartoons and multiple commercials, besides this he remarks there is  little content that the audience really enjoys and that can have a positive effect on the population including children who can only find cartoons and violence but no educative content. Thus, Newton N. Minow explains the audience television lacks value by inviting them to watch the content of it and by listing the content the audience would most likely find showing the audience most of the content is inappropriate, boring and does not contribute to the population in any way.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

intonation based on rhythm.