Journalism' s purpose is to inform people about matters relevant to the choices they must make. Yet, clearly, people often buy newspapers or watch television news programs precisely because they contain sensationalistic gossip about people whom they will never meet and whose business is of little relevance to their lives. Obviously, then, the sensationalistic gossip contained in newspapers and television news programs__. Which one of the following most logically completes the argument? ['is of no value to people who are interested in journalism', "is more relevant to people's lives now than it used to be", 'is at least sometimes included for nonjournalistic reasons', 'prevents those news media from achieving their purpose']