Charlie Hauck wrote a sarcastic piece poking some fun at television marketing and advertisements. The article titled My Plan to Save Network Television makes a fake proposition to disallow senior citizens from watching shows on any of the Big Four network television stations. He claims that this will increase economic power in America since t.v. shows get canceled due to the elderly watching.
This is a claim of policy. Although sarcastic, it looks to change the state of television marketing habits and those of senior citizens as well.
Something that is overlooked in this piece to me is that it states that big t.v. networks want to make sure to snatch up "those young eyes." This is a claim that television networks have it out for the children, but it is warrant that children should not get sucked into the advertising scheme.
I believe this article got its point across in that it points out advertisers' obsessions with young people and their watching/spending habits.
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This is a very good response to the article. The claim and the warrants are clearly presented. I thought the part about the "snatching up of young eyes" is something that I overlooked.
Nicely done. I am glad that you saw through the sarcasm and nailed the main point.
I think you took this article for exactly what the author intended it to be.
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