Question

WORTH 70 POINTS!!!!!!!

Answer 1

"You will see a procession of game shows … blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder … private eyes, gangsters, more violence, and cartoons." (paragraph 2)

"There are some fine children's shows, but they are drowned out in the massive doses of cartoons, violence, and more violence." (paragraph 5)

Answer 2

Answer:

A). "You will see a procession of game shows … blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder … private eyes, gangsters, more violence, and cartoons." (paragraph 2).

C). "There are some fine children's shows, but they are drowned out in the massive doses of cartoons, violence, and more violence." (paragraph 5)

Explanation:

As per the question, the evidence that substantiates the claim 'what is being presented on television is a 'vast wasteland'' are displayed through options A and C.

Option A reveals the vast variety of content(procession of game shows, violence, cartoons, blood and thunder, sadism, etc.) that is served on television in bulk. These content justifies that the television is representing a 'mayhem' yet 'desolated land' full of wide variety of mutilating and brutal offerings that is negatively affecting the viewers.

Option B substantiates the claim more evidently by showing that even the children's show contain detrimental episodes of violence and brutality which proves the claim of television being a 'wasteland'. Thus, options A and C is the correct answer.