Which of the following best completes the passage below?
The most serious flaw in television’s coverage of election campaigns is its tendency to focus on the horse-race side of politics–that is, to concentrate on the question “Who’s winning?” at the expense of substantive coverage of the issues and the candidates’ positions on them. The endless interviews with campaign managers, discussions of campaign strategies, and, especially, the obsession with opinion polls have surrounded elections with the atmosphere of a football game or a prizefight. To reform this situation, a first step might well be______

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Correct Answer is :  a reduction in the television coverage of opinion polls during election campaigns

GMAT Verbal Reasoning Practice Test 2