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As the editorial recommends,television programmers should reduce the amount of violence shown during prime time so as to lower the rate of teenage crime in Alta.As fas as I am concerned,I find out that the argument contains several flaws that render it unconvincing.

To begin with,the editorial points out that since the 1950's when television sets appeared ,the rate of crimes by the youths in Alta has steadily increased.However，it  fails to supply enough evidence to confirm me that the trend of teenagers' crime is due to the TV sets' advent.Similarly,the relationship between the aggravation of the teenagers crime and the violence shown on television is still questionable without sound statistics.

What is more,the national surveys mentioned in the editorial is problematic in some aspects.The sample size and the respondents of the survey are not demonstrated clearly,which dominantly affect the reliability and generality of a survey.Furthermore,the way how this survey is carried out can also plays a role in a research 's  credibility ,which is still a mystery for me.

Above all,the editorial overlooks other alternative causes accounting for the acceleration of the teens' crime .The severe phonomenon is so complex  a problem that not a single reason is capable to explain fully.For example,the atmosphere  of the constitutional society  is indispensible when concerning the differentiation from the legal and illegal.If a country weakens in such kind of education especially among adolescents,it is not a strange thing that the teenagers' crime rate keeps high all the time.Additionally,the reward and punishment principle across the whole nation is another key facor.It might be that the Alta nation pays little attention  to or never execute or consider such system,,the adverse result  of  the high rate of teenagers' crime then cannot be successfully tackled.

In sum,close scrutiny of the above respects mentioned,the argument from the editorial cannot be logically reliable as it stands.To better assess the argument,I will need more information about the surveys and studies cited in the editorial in order to insure the credibility of them.Besides,the varied alternative causes leading to the increase of the teenager crime must also be included.In the final analysis,without more accurate statisticcs and without ruling out all other possibilities,I cannnot be convinced that the recommendation pushed forward in the editorial is  an effective strategy.