The mainstream news media emphasize violence occurring in the Middle East at the expense of covering violence occurring in many other areas of the world. Although the media focus is on violence in the Middle East, the problem of violence is much greater in Central Africa. Yet the public tends to interpret the amount of coverage the media give to these occurrences as indicating the degree of the problem. If the statements above are true, which one of the following conclusions is most strongly supported by them? ["The emphasis given to violence in the Middle East is dictated by the public's interest in that region.", 'The Internet is more influential than print media in most areas of the world.', 'Where news media are the main source of information, public opinion regarding the severity of a problem is swayed by coverage.', 'The problem in the Middle East is a more complicated problem than is the problem in Central Africa.']