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.

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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 this paragraph which uses a metaphor for what television is like to the author?

Answer 1

vast wasteland

Answer 2

In this paragraph, the author uses a metaphor to describe what television is like to them. The metaphor here is "a vast wasteland."

To understand this metaphor, we can break it down:
- "vast" suggests that television is extensive or extensive in terms of content.
- "wasteland" implies that television lacks value, substance, or quality.

By comparing television to a vast wasteland, the author is suggesting that television programming is devoid of meaningful or engaging content. The metaphor helps convey the author's negative perception of television, implying that it is uninteresting and empty.