Nothing is better than the television when it is good. On the other hand we can also say that nothing is worse when the television is 1 . If you sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air and keep your 2 glued to that set until the station signs off, I"m sure you"ll observe vast wasteland, you will see a procession of 3 shows, violence, formula comedies, blood and thunder, mayhem, more violence, sadism, 4 , Western bad men, Western 5 , private eyes, gangster, still more violence, and cartoons, as well as endless 6 that scream and cajole and 7 . It is true that you will see a few enjoyable things. But they will be very, very 8 There are some fine 9 shows, but they become nothing compared with the massive doses of cartoons, violence, and more 10 .
There are many people in this great country, and the television must 11 all of them. It is known that people would more often prefer to be 12 than stimulated or 13 . For example, if given a choice between a western and a 14 , more people will watch the western. But it is obviously not in the public 15 that all the people in this country are offered only one steady diet. The television must provide a 16 range of choices, more diversity and more 17 . The television must not only 18 to the nation"s whims, but also serves the nation"s 19 . After all, the people of this country 20 the air.