Current Event Critique...

I recently read an article written on a study involving the watching of television on school-nights. The study was done on school-aged children and concluded that students that didn't watch television on "school-nights" had higher grades/test scores than those that did. The author of this article is not biased, but the quotes he/she chose are slightly opinionated. For example, Douglas Gentile, a researcher at Iowa State University expresses his opinions in this article. He makes it very clear that he does not agree with allowing children to have TVs in their rooms. By writing this information, the author could be backing Gentile's opinion. This article could have been written in order to convince parents that TV on school-nights has a negative effect on student's learning experience. Therefore, the author could be a parent himself/herself or they could simply support the idea of "no TV on a school-night". This author does not clearly express his/her opinion. He/she could be merely stating the facts, or he/she could be subtley expressing an opinion.
I applaud this unknown author. Personally, I support both ideas of "no TV on a school-night" and "no TVs in children's rooms". I grew up not being allowed toi watch TV on a school night. I found that I could concentrate on my school-work much more. I also had more free-time to be involved in social activities and physical activities. Although I never liked the idea of no TV on a school-night at the time, I look back now and understand how TV would have impacted my life differently. I now fully support my parent's decision and reasoning. I feel that these ideas are great guidelines for parents- ideas I will hopefully use as I grow older and have children.