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Randy: After Mega Cable Television Company refused to carry the competing Azco News Service alongside its own news channels, the mayor used her influence to get Azco time on a community channel, demonstrating her concern for keeping a diversity of news programming in the city.
Marion: The mayor’s action is fully explained by cruder motives: she’s rewarding Azco’s owner, a political supporter of hers.
Of the following, which one, if true, is the logically strongest counter Randy can make to Marion’s objection?
(A) The owner of Azco supported the mayor simply because he liked her political agenda, and not for any expected reward.
(B) The mayor also used her influence to get time on a community channel for another news service, whose owner supported the mayor’s opponent in the last election.
(C) Azco’s news coverage of the mayor has never been judged to be biased by an impartial, independent organization.
(D) The many people whose jobs depend on Azco’s continued presence on a community channel are a potential source of political support for the mayor.
(E) The number of people who watch Mega Cable Television Company’s programming has decreased during the mayor’s term.
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Marion: The mayor’s action is fully explained by cruder motives: she’s rewarding Azco’s owner, a political supporter of hers.
Of the following, which one, if true, is the logically strongest counter Randy can make to Marion’s objection?
(A) The owner of Azco supported the mayor simply because he liked her political agenda, and not for any expected reward.
(B) The mayor also used her influence to get time on a community channel for another news service, whose owner supported the mayor’s opponent in the last election.
(C) Azco’s news coverage of the mayor has never been judged to be biased by an impartial, independent organization.
(D) The many people whose jobs depend on Azco’s continued presence on a community channel are a potential source of political support for the mayor.
(E) The number of people who watch Mega Cable Television Company’s programming has decreased during the mayor’s term.
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Randy: A cable TV company refused to carry Azco news. The mayor got Azco time on a community channel. The mayor's motive was to keep diversity of news programming in the city.
Marion: The mayor's motive was different. She was rewarding Azco’s owner, a political supporter of hers.
The two disagree on the motive of the mayor's move.
Marion objects to Randy’s argument by questioning the motives of the mayor for the action. How can Randy counter Marion’s objection? What is it that Randy can say next to counter that the mayor’s motive was political. He needs to show how the mayor’s motive was actually diversity and not political.
(A) The owner of Azco supported the mayor simply because he liked her political agenda, and not for any expected reward.
It is irrelevant why Azco supported the mayor. It doesn't weaken the argument that the mayor thanked Azco through this measure - whatever may have been the reason for Azco's support.
(B) The mayor also used her influence to get time on a community channel for another news service, whose owner supported the mayor’s opponent in the last election.
This is correct. It seems that the mayor got time for another news service that actually supported her rival. Her intent then could have been to keep diversity fo news programming. She would not have wanted to reward the other news service. Hence, it could be Randy's counter to Marion's objection.
(C) Azco’s news coverage of the mayor has never been judged to be biased by an impartial, independent organization.
Marion says that Azco's owner was a political supporter of hers (perhaps financially he supported during election). The news coverage of Azco, even if it is unbiased, is irrelevant.
(D) The many people whose jobs depend on Azco’s continued presence on a community channel are a potential source of political support for the mayor.
This is not an objection to Marion's argument. In fact, it is on similar lines as Marion's argument.
(E) The number of people who watch Mega Cable Television Company’s programming has decreased during the mayor’s term.
Irrelevant to the argument.
Answer (B)
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We have to provide a counter statement, which shows that the mayor does not reap any political favors or any other kind of benefit from Azco. Only B does that.
A- shows that Azco supported mayor, does not say anything about the favor offered by the mayor.
C- Irrelevant in this case
D- Again shows that mayor might get some benefit from the favor she offered to Azco
E- Irrelevant
Therefore, B
