Question

each statement below is from newton minows speech. some statements support the sinister position mr. minow takes regarding television and broadcasting while others are simply facts. place the statements in the appropriate column.
statements supporting minows position
but when television is bad, nothing is worse.
i can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland.
you will see a procession of game shows, violence, audience participation shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, western badmen...
there are some fine childrens shows, but they are drowned out in the massive doses of cartoons, violence, and more violence.
factual statements
ours has been called the jet age, the atomic age, the space age. it is also, i submit, the television age.
minows indictment of commercial television launched a national debate about the quality of programming.
like everybody, i wear more than one hat. i am the chairman of the fcc.
on may 9, 1961, he spoke to 2,000 members of the national association of broadcasters and told them that the daily fare on television was a vast wasteland.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each statement:

Statements Supporting Minow’s Position:

• These express Minow’s opinion or critique of television.
• "But when television is bad, nothing is worse." (Critique of bad TV).
• "I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland." (Opinion on TV’s quality).
• "You will see a procession of game shows, violence... murder, Western badmen..." (Critique of programming).
• "There are some fine children’s shows, but they are drowned out... cartoons, violence, and more violence." (Critique of children’s programming and excess violence).

Factual Statements:

• These state objective information (events, titles, historical context).
• "Ours has been called the jet age... the television age." (Describes the era).
• "Minow’s indictment of commercial television launched a national debate..." (States a historical outcome).
• "Like everybody, I wear more than one hat. I am the chairman of the FCC." (States Minow’s role).
• "On May 9, 1961, he spoke to 2,000 members... told them that the daily fare on television was ‘a vast wasteland.’" (States the date, audience, and quote from the speech).

Answer:

Statements Supporting Minow’s Position:

• But when television is bad, nothing is worse.
• I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland.
• You will see a procession of game shows, violence, audience participation shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, Western badmen...
• There are some fine children’s shows, but they are drowned out in the massive doses of cartoons, violence, and more violence.

Factual Statements:

• Ours has been called the jet age, the atomic age, the space age. It is also, I submit, the television age.
• Minow’s indictment of commercial television launched a national debate about the quality of programming.
• Like everybody, I wear more than one hat. I am the chairman of the FCC.
• On May 9, 1961, he spoke to 2,000 members of the National Association of Broadcasters and told them that the daily fare on television was “a vast wasteland.”