Television news coverage gives viewers a sense of direct involvement with current events but does not provide the depth of coverage needed for the significance of those events to be appreciated. Newspapers, on the other hand, provide depth of coverage but no sense of direct involvement. Unfortunately, a full understanding of current events requires both an appreciation of their significance and a sense of direct involvement with them. Ttherefore, since few people seek out news sources other than newspapers and television, few people ever fully understand current events. The reasoning in the argument is flawed because the argument ['treats two things, neither one of which can plausibly be seen as excluding the other, as though they were mutually exclusive', 'makes crucial use of the term "depth of coverage" without defining it', 'fails to consider the possible disadvantages of having a sense of direct involvement with tragic or violent events', 'ignores the possibility that people read newspapers or watch television for reasons other than gaining a full understanding of current events']