Since the break-up of the monopoly AT&T held on the telephone industry

Since the break-up of the monopoly AT&T held on the telephone industry, the average price of long-distance phone calls has decreased by 15 percent. Therefore, if the virtual monopoly cable television maintains over the pay-television industry is broken up, the price for pay television will also decrease by 15 percent.

The argument above is based on

A. A potentially naïve trust in statistical analysis.
B. An attempt to refute a generalization by means of an exceptional case.
C. An analogy between past and future events.
D. A confusion of cause and effect.
E. An appeal to popular beliefs and values.