Passage Summary: For a democracy to work, people need to know what's going on, which requires unbiased info. Therefore, a democracy needs effective news media.

Conclusion: A democracy cannot thrive without effective news media.

Reasoning: A thriving democracy requires an electorate that is knowledgeable about political issues, which in turn requires access to unbiased information about the government.

Analysis: We have a clear chain of requirements: Democracy needs a Knowledgeable Electorate, which needs Unbiased Info. The conclusion jumps to a new requirement: Effective News Media. To make this argument bulletproof, we need to bridge the gap between 'unbiased information' and 'effective news media.' Look for an answer that guarantees that effective news media is the only way to obtain that necessary unbiased information.