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Source: Knewton The editor of a local newspaper found that [#permalink] New post 05 Jan 2011, 07:26
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The editor of a local newspaper found that his paper's readership was declining because most articles did not address issues that directly impact readers' lives. To increase readership, the editor decided to print more articles about issues facing the local public school system and contentious school board budget meetings.

Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest reason to expect that articles focusing on local public schools and the school board budget will succeed in attracting readers?


A One of the core missions of the local newspaper is to inform local residents about the school board and the public school system.

B In order to make informed voting decisions, local residents need to be informed about the school board budget and its impact on the public school system.

C School board meetings are open to the public and make the minutes of every budget meeting readily available to the public.

D The number of local residents who read newspapers today is smaller than it was ten years ago.

E The vast majority of the local paper's readership is either employed by the local public school system or has children who attend local public schools.

For me, both B and E could work. What do you think?
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Re: editor of a local newspaper [#permalink] New post 05 Jan 2011, 07:44
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Re: editor of a local newspaper [#permalink] New post 05 Jan 2011, 07:53
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"most articles did not address issues that DIRECTLY impact readers' lives"

B is wrong because the school system probably doesn't have a direct impact on the life of the voters.
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Re: Source: Knewton The editor of a local newspaper found that [#permalink] New post 20 Mar 2012, 01:50
E it is

B is wrong as voting result need not be as anticipated by voter. or doesnt confirm impact on voter's life
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Re: Source: Knewton The editor of a local newspaper found that [#permalink] New post 22 Mar 2012, 00:14
B is out because argument doesnt ever quantifies anything about the voting

E straight wins
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Re: Source: Knewton The editor of a local newspaper found that [#permalink] New post 22 Mar 2012, 17:27
A One of the core missions of the local newspaper is to inform local residents about the school board and the public school system.- unrelated

B In order to make informed voting decisions, local residents need to be informed about the school board budget and its impact on the public school system.- unrelated

C School board meetings are open to the public and make the minutes of every budget meeting readily available to the public.- unrelated

D The number of local residents who read newspapers today is smaller than it was ten years ago.- unrelated

E The vast majority of the local paper's readership is either employed by the local public school system or has children who attend local public schools.- Correct
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Re: Source: Knewton The editor of a local newspaper found that [#permalink] New post 11 Apr 2012, 09:49
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A One of the core missions of the local newspaper is to inform local residents about the school board and the public school system.- unrelated

B In order to make informed voting decisions, local residents need to be informed about the school board budget and its impact on the public school system.- unrelated

C School board meetings are open to the public and make the minutes of every budget meeting readily available to the public.- unrelated

D The number of local residents who read newspapers today is smaller than it was ten years ago.- unrelated why so ? can we interpret that earlier people were reading newspaper but left afterwards due to some reason, now since they have reason to start back again so the potential group exists.

E The vast majority of the local paper's readership is either employed by the local public school system or has children who attend local public schools.- Correct
Since we already have the majority of the target group reading the newspaper, how the readership is going to increase ?


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