But when television is bad, nothing is worse. i invite you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air and stay there without a book, magazine, newspaper, profit-and-loss sheet, or rating book to distract you—and keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. i can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland. in paragraph five, which uses a metaphor for what television is like to the author? a) when television is bad, nothing is worse. b) eyes glued to that set until the station signs off c) i can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland. d) let me make clear that what i am talking about is balance.