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Answer: the correct answer is B. "And most young children today, believe it or not, spend as much time watching television as they do in the schoolroom and C. "If parents, teachers, and ministers conducted their responsibilities by following the ratings, children would have a steady diet of ice cream, school holidays, and no Sunday school."
Explanation: the two choices above support the argument that television has the potential to have a deep influence on children.
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