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Which sentence best describes the cultural context of the passage?

The author is describing modern television techniques.

The author is describing the history of presidential political ads.

The author is describing the influence of television on history.

The author is describing how presidential elections are won.

Reading Passage

$1$ Every four years, the American public is subjected to a special kind of advertising

annoyance: political ads on television and radio repetitively promoting the

presidential candidates. And it's not just the American public that grows weary and

disgruntled by this onslaught. The candidates themselves often despair over the idea

of being sold "like breakfast cereal," as presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson

quipped after losing the $1956$ election. Still, it seems unlikely that anything is going

to change. A quick look back at some highlights in the history of presidential

campaigning shows that advertising has always played a heavy role in the presidential

race.

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