LSAT 122 – Section 1 – Question 19

LSAT 122 - Section 1 - Question 19

June 2006

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT122 S1 Q19
+LR
+Exp
Most strongly supported +MSS
Principle +Princ
Rule-Application +RuleApp
A
3%
153
B
3%
158
C
1%
147
D
8%
155
E
86%
163
136
145
154
 +Medium 146.495 +SubsectionMedium

Film critic: There has been a recent spate of so-called “documentary” films purporting to give the “true story” of one historical event or another. But most of these films have been inaccurate and filled with wild speculations, usually about conspiracies. The filmmakers defend their works by claiming that freedom of speech entitles them to express their views. Although that claim is true, it does not support the conclusion that anyone ought to pay attention to the absurd views expressed in the films.

Summary

There are a lot of purported “documentary” films that contain inaccurate accounts of historical events. Even though the filmmakers have the right to create these inaccurate films, that doesn’t mean anyone should pay attention to the views in those films.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

People can be entitled to create films that are inaccurate.

Some films contain views that people don’t need to pay attention to.

A
Although filmmakers are entitled to express absurd views, they are not justified in doing so.

This isn’t supported, because the author doesn’t suggest that the filmmakers were not justified in making their films. The author doesn’t suggest that they shouldn’t have made the films; only that people don’t need to pay attention to them.

B
Everyone ought to ignore films containing wild speculations about conspiracies.

This isn’t supported. The author doesn’t say that people should ignore the films. He just says that people don’t need to pay attention to them. “Shouldn’t do” and “don’t need to do” are different. Also, the facts only refer to “documentary” films, not all films with conspiracies.

C
Freedom of speech sometimes makes the expression of absurd views necessary.

Not supported, because the author doesn’t suggest that the filmmakers need to express the views in the films. They are entitled to do so, but that doesn’t mean they have to.

D
Freedom of speech does not entitle filmmakers to present inaccurate speculations as truth.

This is anti-supported, because the author says the filmmakers are entitled to make inaccurate films.

E
Views that people are entitled to express need not be views to which anyone is obliged to pay attention.

This is strongly supported by the last two sentences. The filmmakers are entitled to express their views, but that doesn’t imply people need to pay attention to them. So people need not (which means “don’t need to”) pay attention to hem.

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