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(A) the cost of maintaining foreign correspondents and wire subscriptions has risen sharply over the past decade This is already given as reason for failure on national level.

(B) local outlets are better positioned than national conglomerates to cultivate the community trust that such journalism requires Correct. Connects with the evidence given related to community engagement

(C) residents of a community are more likely to share sensitive information with journalists they have come to know personally over many years What if these reporters are from national news cannel?

(D) national media conglomerates have recently begun launching community outreach initiatives aimed at strengthening their ties with local audiences This actually weakens the claim

(E) investigative stories focusing on local institutions have repeatedly proven capable of attracting national attention and significant advertising revenue While this strengthens but the evidence is different than community engagement

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Premise: Local news outlets have less employees
Intermediate conclusion: cannot effectively compete with large national media conglomerates
Main conclusion: So they should focus on hyperlocal investigative journalism rather than large scale infrastructure
To find : another premise or support
A- Incorrect, giving no information to support conclusion
B-It strengthen the point that local news outlets create better community trust so should be focused on local inv. journalism. Correct
C-That journalist can be from local news or national, so not helping.Incorrect
D-Weakening the conclusion. Incorrect
E-Capable of attracting national attention does not give certainty that local outlets can cover global stories. Even if they do, it weakens the argument. Incorrect
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Journalist: Local news outlets typically employ no more than a handful of reporters. The infrastructure required to cover breaking national and global stories - foreign correspondents, wire subscriptions, and rapid production systems - is beyond the reach of most local outlets. Thus, local news outlets cannot effectively compete with large national media conglomerates on breaking news. So local outlets should focus instead on hyperlocal investigative journalism, which depends on sustained community relationships rather than large-scale infrastructure, since __________.

Which of the following most logically completes the journalist's argument?

(A) the cost of maintaining foreign correspondents and wire subscriptions has risen sharply over the past decade

(B) local outlets are better positioned than national conglomerates to cultivate the community trust that such journalism requires

(C) residents of a community are more likely to share sensitive information with journalists they have come to know personally over many years

(D) national media conglomerates have recently begun launching community outreach initiatives aimed at strengthening their ties with local audiences

(E) investigative stories focusing on local institutions have repeatedly proven capable of attracting national attention and significant advertising revenue

 


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No global infra => less effective => should focus local since...

(A) and (D) are irrelevant
(B) and (C) less suitable
(E) this gives reason of how focusing on local is helpful too
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conclusion: local outlets should focus on hyperlocal journalism
Analysing answr choices
A)cost of foreign correspondents is irrelevant
B) Correct. It fills the logical gap by showing local outlets have an advantage
C) doesn't say local outlets are better at building those relationsiphs
D)weakens the argument by reducing the local outlet advantage
E)irrelavant. this doesnt explain why local outlets choose
B is the answer

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Journalist: Local news outlets typically employ no more than a handful of reporters. The infrastructure required to cover breaking national and global stories - foreign correspondents, wire subscriptions, and rapid production systems - is beyond the reach of most local outlets. Thus, local news outlets cannot effectively compete with large national media conglomerates on breaking news. So local outlets should focus instead on hyperlocal investigative journalism, which depends on sustained community relationships rather than large-scale infrastructure, since __________.

Which of the following most logically completes the journalist's argument?

(A) the cost of maintaining foreign correspondents and wire subscriptions has risen sharply over the past decade

(B) local outlets are better positioned than national conglomerates to cultivate the community trust that such journalism requires

(C) residents of a community are more likely to share sensitive information with journalists they have come to know personally over many years

(D) national media conglomerates have recently begun launching community outreach initiatives aimed at strengthening their ties with local audiences

(E) investigative stories focusing on local institutions have repeatedly proven capable of attracting national attention and significant advertising revenue

 


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Ans choice C: The conclusion of the argument is Local outlets cannot compete with National media on Breaking News and instead should focus on local journalism which the journalist believes depends on sustained community relationship rather than large scale infrastructure since .......
The option choice should highlight a key benefit of building a community relationship which a large scale infrastructure cannot provide.
A) Local outlets are unable to hire them in the first place. No new information than given already.
B) This choice doesn't give any new logic behind why local outlets are better positioned than national outlets.
C) This option gives a reason/logic behind sustaining community relationship by Local journalism which gives them a edge over National Journalism
D) It speaks of action taken by National Media post-mortem and not why/logic
E) Speak of monetory advantage to Local media but doesn't correlate to sustained community relationship

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Journalist: Local news outlets typically employ no more than a handful of reporters. The infrastructure required to cover breaking national and global stories - foreign correspondents, wire subscriptions, and rapid production systems - is beyond the reach of most local outlets. Thus, local news outlets cannot effectively compete with large national media conglomerates on breaking news. So local outlets should focus instead on hyperlocal investigative journalism, which depends on sustained community relationships rather than large-scale infrastructure, since __________.

Which of the following most logically completes the journalist's argument?

(A) the cost of maintaining foreign correspondents and wire subscriptions has risen sharply over the past decade

(B) local outlets are better positioned than national conglomerates to cultivate the community trust that such journalism requires

(C) residents of a community are more likely to share sensitive information with journalists they have come to know personally over many years

(D) national media conglomerates have recently begun launching community outreach initiatives aimed at strengthening their ties with local audiences

(E) investigative stories focusing on local institutions have repeatedly proven capable of attracting national attention and significant advertising revenue

 


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The answer is B.

The problem of the argument: Local outlets cannot compete with the national giants due to the lack of infrastructure.

The solution: Local outlets should switch to hyperlocal investigative journalism because it depends on community relationships instead of infrastructure.

The missing link: Why will local outlets be better at community relationship instead of national giants?


Now look at the statements given:
A) The argument already states that the cost of infrastructure cannot be afforded by local news. Stating that again does not explain why switching to hyperlocal investigative journalism is the right move.

B)This states that local outlets have an upper hand compared to national giants when it comes to building community trust.

C) This statement fails to draw a direct competitive contrast between local and national outlets. It states/ explains how journalism works, but no clear comparison is given here.

D) This weakens the journalist's argument. If national giants were moving into local communities and building relationships, then local outlets might lose their advantage. This gives an explanation/ reason to not switch to hyperlocal.

E) This focuses on the reward rather than the feasibility of the stratergy. Even if these stories make a lot of money, it doesn't prove that local outlets are the ones who will successfully get the stories.
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