The following is a memorandum from the business manager of a television station.
"Over the past year, our latenight news program has devoted increased time to national news and less time to weather and local news. During this period, most of the complaints received from viewers were concerned with our station's coverage of weather and local news. In addition, local businesses that used to advertise during our latenight news program have canceled their advertising contracts with us.
Therefore, in order to attract more viewers to our news programs and to avoid losing any further advertising revenues, we should expand our coverage of weather and local news on all our news programs."
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
Citing the decline in advertising revenues and viewer complaints after the reduced local/weather news coverage for a late night show, the author of argument concludes that channel should expand its local and weather news coverage for all its news programs. However the author's argument is rife with holes and assumptions and is therefore unconvincing as it stands.
To begin with, the author makes an assuption that all the consumer complaints are regarding the channel's reduced news/weather coverage at late night show and complaints are numerous. However this assumption is unsubstantiated. ...
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Sentence: To begin with, the author makes an assuption that all the consumer complaints are regarding the channel's reduced news/weather coverage at late night show and complaints are numerous.
Error: assuption Suggestion: assumption
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