These differences include Peacock's decision to focus his essay on Family Guy while Johnson used multiple different shows in his article. Johnson also talks about children and asks if they too should watch different types of television programs having already said that "even bad TV is better" (Johnson 289) and suggesting alternatives to bad TV and video games by saying "encourage Grand Theft Auto to Earthquake ” (Johnson 29). I don't necessarily like this alternative, but it's something Peacocke failed to do in her essay. Peacocke has however provided the opposing view of his claim by individuals against Family Guy such as Stephen Dubner, a co-author of freakonomics, and journalist Stuart Elliott. Using Counter Arugumemts was a clever tool on Peacocke's part to insert both views and thoughts into her
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