Reporters who write for a major wire service are more likely

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Reporters who write for a major wire service are more likely to have an effect on public issues than do writers who write for only one newspaper. Since a story on a wire service will be run in many different papers across the world, these authors will be read by many more people. Therefore, their work is likely to reach more of the population that discusses and formulates public issues than that of reporters who work for one publication. It follows then that these pieces are of a much higher level of quality than stories written for publication in a single newspaper.

The conclusion in the argument above is dependent on which one of the following presuppositions? 

A. Reporters who work for one paper do not care about public issues. 
B.The general public can identify which stories come from a newswire and which stories were written for one publication. 
C.The quality of a newspaper story can be measured by the number of people who read the story. 
D.Stories that are not carried on a major wire service cannot have any effect on public issues. 
E. Reporters who write for only one publication are not capable of reaching a broad audience. 

OA will follow after some discussions.

crackgmat3 · Answer

C.


Only C and E can be given some merit. Argument says writers those who write for the wire have a better chance of reaching the public. So, E is not directly supported by the argument.

intr3pid · Answer

C is the best answer because the argument makes a conclusion about the quality of a newspaper. Therefore, the critical reason for the conclusion should tie in to a premise about the quality measurement.

Alex_NL · Answer

I was also thinking between C and E.

C is my final answer, cause with E it does not give the final conclusion that this will give an article better quality or not. E is more about the quality of the reporter, I think.

Regards,

Alex

Paul · Answer

Should be C

Conclusion: It follows then that these pieces are of a much higher level of  quality  than stories written for publication in a single newspaper.

An assumption should be the link b/w the premise and the conclusion. E does not address the issue of quality so it is out.

venksune · Answer

Yes. the OA is C. This argument concludes that a story carried by a wire service must be of higher quality, because it is carried by more newspapers and read by more of the population. Does this follow or not? To make this argument work, we must assume some connection between quality and number of readers.

Antmavel · Answer

I come too late for my C :evil:

anyway, thanks for the question venksune and keep on sending more and more questions, this is how we're going to get a better and better website :idea:

bigtooth81 · Answer

Agree with C. SOrry for late coming

Reporters who write for a major wire service are more likely

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