Bad Points Of View: The Trouble With Television

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Television has its good points as well as its bad points. Some people say T.V. shortens the attention span, causes people to spend money, and takes our attention away from other activities. On the other hand, T.V. does have its good points.
The bad points of view about T.V. come from a passage called “The Trouble with Television”. One of the bad points of view is that it shortens your attention span. The other bad point of view is that it makes you spend a lot of money. The last point of view is that, we spend too much time watching T.V. that we miss other activities. So, we see that watching television has its bad points of view.
The good points of view come from a passage called “T.V. can be good for Kids”. One of the good points of view

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