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please can someone help me to see if I am right . Check with me. I am trying to determine if this is an argument passage or not and if it is argument, i am trying to show which one is the premise or conclusion. Thank you.

My answer is below:

This passage is an argument

1.        To the extent that it is working at all, 1c(the press is always a participant in, rather than a pure observer of, the events it reports.) 2p(Our decision on where (and where not) to be) and 3p(what (and what not) to report have enormous impact on the political and governmental life we cover.) 4p(We are obliged to be selective.) 5p(We cannot publish the Daily Everything.) And so long as 6p(this is true)-so long as 7p(we are making choices that 1) 8c(affect what people see concerning their leaders) and 2) 9c (inevitably cause those leaders to behave in particular ways-we cannot pretend we are not participants).The passage is below

here is the original passage that i am trying to figure out

To the extent that it is working at all, the press is always a participant in, rather than a pure observer of, the events it reports. Our decision on where (and where not) to be and what (and what not) to report have enormous impact on the political and governmental life we cover. We are obliged to be selective.  We cannot publish the Daily Everything. And so long as this is true-so long as we are making choices that 1) affect what people see concerning their leaders and 2) inevitably cause those leaders to behave in particular ways-we cannot pretend we are not participant