waytowharton wrote:
Hey experts,
KarishmaB AjiteshArun ExpertsGlobal5Why is option D incorrect? If book were written from conservative POV then review has liberal bias(because we are not giving conservative review) and if book were written from liberal POV then the review is balanced. Please do help me understand flaw in my reasoning and understanding of option D.
The argument talks about the MAGAZINE's views. The magazine published the book review (how a particular book is, their opinion on the book good/bad etc). Whether the reviewer(s) has a conservative or liberal bias is the point of contention. Whether the author of the book itself has liberal or conservative bias, we do not care. Option (D) talks about the book's bias.
What will the reviewer do if she has a conservative bias? She will give a good review to "books supporting conservative ideas" and bad to "books supporting liberal ideas".
What will the reviewer do if she has a liberal bias? She will give a bad review to "books supporting conservative ideas" and good to "books supporting liberal ideas".
Note that if the reviewer calls a conservative book conservative, and a liberal book liberal, we cannot say that she has a bias. She is just spelling out facts. The reviewer gives her opinions. The argument tells us that the reviewer expressed "conservative views" so we know she gave opinions supporting conservative mindset. Then they went out looking for another reviewer, one who has a liberal bias. So in all her reviews, she will support liberal ideas. The magazine sought a liberal bias reviewer after getting a conservative bias review.
Hence, the actual bias of the book is irrelevant to us.