Identify if there exist argument. Then, separate the argument into premises and conclusion. From a letter to the editor: “the idea of a free press in America today is joke. A small group of people, the nation’s advertisers, control the media more effectively than if they can dictate everything from programming to news report content. Politicians as well as editors shiver in their boots at the thought of such a boycott. This situation is intolerable and ought to be changed. I suggest we all listen to National Public Radio and public television”.

Premise: The above paragraph is premised on the statement that advertisers manipulate the media at will and that politicians and broadcasters do nothing to prevent it.

Conclusion: There is no free press in America.

Explanation:

An argument is characterized as the set of ideas that relate to each other in order to clarify a certain fact, situation or doubt directly and clearly. Due to the exclarantee profile of the argument, it is extremely important for holding debates, speeches, essays and all kinds of informational messages.

The argument is formed by premises and conclusions. The conclusions are the statements that are being defended and exposed as a fact, in the argument; while the premises are the statements that defend the conclusion and show why it is true.