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