During What Decade Did the American Television Network News Audience

question 50

Multiple Choice

During what decade did the American television network news audience change from a growing to a shrinking one?

• A)the 1960s
• B)the 1980s
• C)the 1990s
• D)the 1970s
• E)The audience has not yet begun to shrink.

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