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Which of the following best completes the passage below?

In today’s pluralistic society, textbook publishers find themselves in an increasingly uncomfortable position. Since the schools are regarded as a repository of society’s moral and cultural values, each group within society wishes to prevent any material that offends its own values from appearing in textbooks. As a result, stance on an issue is certain to run afoul of one group or another. And since textbook publishers must rely on community goodwill to sell their books, it is inevitable that______

(A) fewer and fewer publishers will be willing to enter the financially uncertain textbook industry
Wrong. The argument and the premise is not concern with future publishers entering the market. Plus the argument does not talk about financial uncertainty.

(B) the ethical and moral content of textbooks will become increasingly neutral and bland
Correct. Because one stance will offend other group and because publishers rely on community goodwill, it will have to take a neutral stand to protect its image.

(C) more and more pressure groups will arise that seek to influence the content of textbooks
The premise or the argument does not talk anything about pressure groups. And if the publishers rely on community goodwill, why will they scum under the pressure of pressure groups.

(D) the government will be forced to intervene in the increasingly rancorous debate over the content of textbooks
Wrong. We are talking about being moral right and socially presentable. This has nothing to do with the government.

(E) school boards, teachers, and principals will find it nearly impossible to choose among the variety of textbooks being offered
Wrong. This argument is not talking anything about the increased competition between publishers.
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Re: In todays pluralistic society, textbook publishers find themselves in [#permalink]
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Which of the following best completes the passage below?

In today’s pluralistic society, textbook publishers find themselves in an increasingly uncomfortable position. Since the schools are regarded as a repository of society’s moral and cultural values, each group within society wishes to prevent any material that offends its own values from appearing in textbooks. As a result, stance on an issue is certain to run afoul of one group or another. And since textbook publishers must rely on community goodwill to sell their books, it is inevitable that______

(A) fewer and fewer publishers will be willing to enter the financially uncertain textbook industry
(B) the ethical and moral content of textbooks will become increasingly neutral and bland
(C) more and more pressure groups will arise that seek to influence the content of textbooks
(D) the government will be forced to intervene in the increasingly rancorous debate over the content of textbooks
(E) school boards, teachers, and principals will find it nearly impossible to choose among the variety of textbooks being offered


Hi Bunuel, Can you please provide the OE.
Although B stands after eliminating all the options, I still can't get myself to settle with option B as it's not guaranteed that tbs will become neutral and bland. We also can argue that books can follow on beliefs of one of the groups. and how does Community Goodwill premise help in deriving this conclusion?
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