Answer Choice (A)

@mwilson1615, Let's look at (A). (A) says, "There has been a dramatic increase over the past 20 years in the percentage of people who tell polltakers that television is their primary source of information about current events." The problem with (A) is that if people are getting their news information from television, this would actually strengthen the argument, rather than weaken it, as it would help support why there's been a decline in newspaper reading. Thus, we can get rid of this answer choice. Does this make sense? Let us know if you have any other questions!

My thought process was that if more people are using television as their main news outlet that would explain why there's a decrease in newspaper reading. I saw this as an alternative to why newspapers aren't being read. Im still having a difficult time grasping why this is incorrect.