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Informed people generally assimilate information from several divergent sources before coming to an opinion. However, most popular news organizations view foreign affairs solely through the eyes of our State Department. In reporting the political crisis in foreign country B, news organizations must endeavor to find alternative sources of information.

Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the argument above?

(A) To the degree that a news source gives an account of another country that mirrors that of our State Department, that reporting is suspect.
(B) To protect their integrity, news media should avoid the influence of State Department releases in their coverage of foreign affairs.
(C) Reporting that is not influenced by the State Department is usually more accurate than are other accounts.
(D) The alternative sources of information mentioned in the passage might not share the same views as the State Department.
(E) A report cannot be seen as influenced by the State Department if it accurately depicts the events in a foreign country.

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15 Sep 2012, 20:45

IMO B

I was stuck between B and D, but D is out of scope.

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Re: Informed people generally assimilate information from severa [#permalink]

15 Sep 2012, 22:44

IMO D

However, most popular news organizations view foreign affairssolely through the eyes of our State Department. In reporting the political crisis in foreign country B, news organizationsmust endeavor to find alternative sources of information.

News organizations should not only view foreign affairs through eyes of state department but also consider alternative sources which imply that these alternative sources of information may have a different view than that of the state department.

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Re: Informed people generally assimilate information from severa [#permalink]

15 Sep 2012, 22:56

Bull78 wrote:

IMO B

I was stuck between B and D, but D is out of scope.

B option --> option is too extreme.... therefore its incorrect ....

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16 Sep 2012, 10:13

abhi398 wrote:

Bull78 wrote:

IMO B

I was stuck between B and D, but D is out of scope.

B option --> option is too extreme.... therefore its incorrect ....

maybe B is too extremme but I should go much deeper to analyse this answer: To protect their integrity, news media should avoid the influence of State Department releases in their coverage of foreign affairs.

So, look at avoid influece os SD, we have not enough information to say that, the stimulus only say that most popular news organizations view foreign affairs solely through the eyes of our State Department but this doesn't imply that SD have influence.

Moreover, this answer do not adress the first part of the stimulus. In must true question, conclusion, inference we MUST adress the entore situation in somehow, matter that D does in an excellent way.

So B is wrong

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Re: Informed people generally assimilate information from severa [#permalink] 16 Sep 2012, 10:13

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