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Recently, several advertisers have withdrawn their advertisements from Magazine X, claiming that it was due to the fact that the editorial board of the magazine had decided to change the image that the magazine portrays from one of family values to one concerned more with sex and violence. Surely this indicates that the decision-makers in advertising companies do still have a sense of moral propriety that occasionally drives their actions.
Which of the following, if true, would strengthen this conclusion?
(A) The advertisers regularly review the placement of their advertisements.
(B) It is a rare event for several advertisers to withdraw all their advertisements simultaneously from a publication.
(C) The advertisers, when questioned, admitted that their clients would lose revenue as a result of the advertisements being withdrawn.
(D) The advertisers all placed new advertisements with other publications that emphasised family values.
(E) A survey of the readership of Magazine X suggested that the majority of the readership think that the standard of the magazine's contents had falled since its transformation.
Which of the following, if true, would strengthen this conclusion?
(A) The advertisers regularly review the placement of their advertisements.
(B) It is a rare event for several advertisers to withdraw all their advertisements simultaneously from a publication.
(C) The advertisers, when questioned, admitted that their clients would lose revenue as a result of the advertisements being withdrawn.
(D) The advertisers all placed new advertisements with other publications that emphasised family values.
(E) A survey of the readership of Magazine X suggested that the majority of the readership think that the standard of the magazine's contents had falled since its transformation.
02 Jul 2013, 10:59
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:
This is GMAT Pill CR Framework #4 Exclusive Negation
The argument is that "morality" was the only thing governing the advertiser's decision to withdraw their ads from the magazine.
So the framework says to put it like this:
Argument: "morality" --> exclusively leads to --> withdraw ads
Negation: "other factors" --> did not affect --> withdraw ads
(C) brings up a factor "financial reasons" and discounts financial reasons as a possible factor in affecting the decision to withdraw ads. If withdrawing ads was a financial BENEFIT, then they may have decided to withdraw ads based on financial reasons. But (C) clearly states that by withdrawing, there would be a financial DISBENEFIT. As a result, it cannot possibly be the case that "financial reasons" (an example of "other factors") affected the decision to withdraw ads.
(C) is an example of the negation and thus helps strengthen. GMATPill Framework #4 Exclusive Negation successfully conquers this question.
With (D) signing up for other publications that value family -- this does not necessarily mean they did it for moral reasons. They may have done it for financial reasons primarily. (D) works but (C) is stronger.
01 Oct 2010, 08:38
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Yes, I agree with the post above. We need here to distinguish between two possibilities - that the advertising company has made its decision for 'moral propriety' (whatever that means) reasons, or that the company has made its decision for business reasons. It may be that the magazine, with its new 'image', is no longer a suitable advertising vehicle for the ad company's clients - maybe their clients are all 'family-friendly' companies, so advertising in 'family friendly' magazines is simply good business. D doesn't help to resolve this question of the ad company's motivations, but C does.
