For D, is it possible that the attention of the public could be a negative element for a newspaper? I understand how rational people could assume, "all publicity is good publicity." Kind of having trouble about when or when not to use my outside knowledge and I got screwed with this question by choosing C. As I did not understand who was challenging these claims.
@Scascio Exactly why I chose C instead of D. I assumed that the journalists did not want to draw 'negative' attention of the public which is why they were not openly challenging
I'm finding that I tend to misunderstand some of these "except question" answer choices on the first round. Then the blind review seems much more obvious. The grammar these LSAT writers use can be tricky lol.
Outside of those, I'm actually enjoying the RRE questions
@lilakdunn this is so validating. I feel so seen. I fr was like wtf is going on, I was fine till I got here. I just have to believe I will be fine again :(
I got this wrong, but I don't know how else (other than the usual practice/takes more time trope) to change my reasoning. I was able to POE many of the answers, except for A. I eliminated D, correctly assuming that the public's attention is something journalist wanted. But for the previous portion of the answer, "A basic principle of journalism etc" , I felt thought the best way for a journalistc to stimulate debate/controversy was NOT fact check or newmakers claims. I reasoned that false/ unsupported claims were MORE controversial and likely to be debated! That's why I eliminated D. It made sense that a journalist wouldn't check quote veracity to get viewers to react/debate to ridiculously false claims.
I guess I overlooked 'A' thinking a disputed claim by a publication/journalist wouldn't be enough of an explanation as to why a journalist would not fact check claims. I was so sure of D being the answer. When I'm so confident of the answer and it makes sense to me on both the first try and blind review, I get deeply discouraged and just feel dumb. Lol.
I missed the last few questions, so I chose the right answer the first time on this and changed it in the blind review because I was doubting myself! I need to build up my confidence.
I redid the question twice and watched the explanation multiple times and for some reason this question is completely not clicking for me at all - I think the stimulus just doesn't make sense to me for some reason so if anyone can explain just one more time that would be great!!
The stimulus is saying: Journalists write about false or unsupported claims made by newsmakers. However, journalists are less likely to write about these false/unsupported claims.
This is the discrepancy: why are journalists not writing about these false/unsupported claims.
Since this is an except question that means we'll have 4 answers that explain why journalists are not writing about these false/unsupported claims. The answer we're looking for is the one that doesn't explain this, or that doesn't do anything to explain why journalists aren't writing about false/unsupported claims.
The way that I thought about it, 'A' is saying that viewers who read about a view opposite from theirs will cancel the subscription to said newspaper (this will be bad for the newspaper publishers bc they're losing money so of course the journalists wouldn't want to write about anything that would have that effect). This choice explains the discrepancy, why the journalists aren't writing about false/unsupported claims.
'B' is saying the journalists don't have broad knowledge to report on these claims. It's describing the discrepancy, they can't write about something they have no knowledge about, maybe they don't know about the false/unsupported claims.
'C' is saying that journalists can't write about the unsupported/false claims bc ppl with controversial views are only speaking to reporters that share their views. These journalists (the one's that can't write about false/unsupported) claims now can't do so bc they can't get quotes from people with said controversial (equating here to false/unsupported) claims.
'E' is saying journalists that challenge these claims will be criticized for failing their duty of being objective. This also solves the discrepancy bc if journalists will be criticized for not being objective, they'll not want to write about what is making them get criticized
The correct answer is 'D' bc it's not saying why the journalist want to avoid attention. In fact, it's saying the controversial issues draws attention of the public. If this is true, then journalists would want this attention. If so, why are they not writing about the false/unsupported claims?
I hope this made sense! There are some assumptions related to each choice, but I tried using general language to make sense of it. If I confused you more then I'm sorry lol.
My fatal flaw... I acknowledged it was an EXCEPT question, was between two answers, then stepped away to say goodbye to someone, came back, forgot what I was doing, and picked the wrong one because I forgot it was an "except"
I did the same thing and was confused why I got it wrong until I watched the explanation video, not realizing that I too forgot what the question was asking me. I had a whole epiphany rn
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fuck my fucking chungus life
For D, is it possible that the attention of the public could be a negative element for a newspaper? I understand how rational people could assume, "all publicity is good publicity." Kind of having trouble about when or when not to use my outside knowledge and I got screwed with this question by choosing C. As I did not understand who was challenging these claims.
@Scascio Exactly why I chose C instead of D. I assumed that the journalists did not want to draw 'negative' attention of the public which is why they were not openly challenging
@NikhitaMinas I fell for B, then realized that this was an except question, like i hate these type of questions so bad.
I'm finding that I tend to misunderstand some of these "except question" answer choices on the first round. Then the blind review seems much more obvious. The grammar these LSAT writers use can be tricky lol.
Outside of those, I'm actually enjoying the RRE questions
Except questions will be the death of me on this exam lol
Process of elimination wins out.
i hate this
POE always works chose D !
Sounds like every news channel, not just Fox.
@TylerMadani021 nah
I accidentally read the question stem wrong during both tries, leading to incorrect answers. I need to slow down and not get ahead of myself.
@annoir86 That's my issue too! I misread the 1st time but then on blind review I understand my mistake.
Why do I get BR if I do them in time. This confuses me more lmfao
Bruh I am being cooked
This category of questions is cooking me
@lilakdunn this is so validating. I feel so seen. I fr was like wtf is going on, I was fine till I got here. I just have to believe I will be fine again :(
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@watersam10151992 all media is biased
@watersam10151992 cry about it
@MiguelZacharyAguilar Well it's obvious this tutor is a big lib. No surprise he would go after Fox News.
@watersam10151992 Literally what are you talking about
@watersam10151992 please do not become a lawyer lol
Fox news catching strays...
@KristoferMuhr newspaper journalists..
ive been so horrible w these question types almost this entire unit its so demotivating 😭
I got this wrong, but I don't know how else (other than the usual practice/takes more time trope) to change my reasoning. I was able to POE many of the answers, except for A. I eliminated D, correctly assuming that the public's attention is something journalist wanted. But for the previous portion of the answer, "A basic principle of journalism etc" , I felt thought the best way for a journalistc to stimulate debate/controversy was NOT fact check or newmakers claims. I reasoned that false/ unsupported claims were MORE controversial and likely to be debated! That's why I eliminated D. It made sense that a journalist wouldn't check quote veracity to get viewers to react/debate to ridiculously false claims.
I guess I overlooked 'A' thinking a disputed claim by a publication/journalist wouldn't be enough of an explanation as to why a journalist would not fact check claims. I was so sure of D being the answer. When I'm so confident of the answer and it makes sense to me on both the first try and blind review, I get deeply discouraged and just feel dumb. Lol.
I need to stop reading the question stem too fast. I always don't notice the except.
Right because CNN and MSNBC arent equally as bias as FOX. Lol.
loosen up eh
Other way around LOL.. CNN is the most biased news platform by far
Ignore this comment... I misread your post lol
Drake?!
haha my brain said Fox News before he did
I missed the last few questions, so I chose the right answer the first time on this and changed it in the blind review because I was doubting myself! I need to build up my confidence.
same girl, we got this 🫂
these questions are going to be the end of me
@mattcriner25959 same
I redid the question twice and watched the explanation multiple times and for some reason this question is completely not clicking for me at all - I think the stimulus just doesn't make sense to me for some reason so if anyone can explain just one more time that would be great!!
The stimulus is saying: Journalists write about false or unsupported claims made by newsmakers. However, journalists are less likely to write about these false/unsupported claims.
This is the discrepancy: why are journalists not writing about these false/unsupported claims.
Since this is an except question that means we'll have 4 answers that explain why journalists are not writing about these false/unsupported claims. The answer we're looking for is the one that doesn't explain this, or that doesn't do anything to explain why journalists aren't writing about false/unsupported claims.
The way that I thought about it, 'A' is saying that viewers who read about a view opposite from theirs will cancel the subscription to said newspaper (this will be bad for the newspaper publishers bc they're losing money so of course the journalists wouldn't want to write about anything that would have that effect). This choice explains the discrepancy, why the journalists aren't writing about false/unsupported claims.
'B' is saying the journalists don't have broad knowledge to report on these claims. It's describing the discrepancy, they can't write about something they have no knowledge about, maybe they don't know about the false/unsupported claims.
'C' is saying that journalists can't write about the unsupported/false claims bc ppl with controversial views are only speaking to reporters that share their views. These journalists (the one's that can't write about false/unsupported) claims now can't do so bc they can't get quotes from people with said controversial (equating here to false/unsupported) claims.
'E' is saying journalists that challenge these claims will be criticized for failing their duty of being objective. This also solves the discrepancy bc if journalists will be criticized for not being objective, they'll not want to write about what is making them get criticized
The correct answer is 'D' bc it's not saying why the journalist want to avoid attention. In fact, it's saying the controversial issues draws attention of the public. If this is true, then journalists would want this attention. If so, why are they not writing about the false/unsupported claims?
I hope this made sense! There are some assumptions related to each choice, but I tried using general language to make sense of it. If I confused you more then I'm sorry lol.
C could've been explained with another one which its answer choice provides a great segway: CNN.
I laughed because I too thought fox news when I read C
My fatal flaw... I acknowledged it was an EXCEPT question, was between two answers, then stepped away to say goodbye to someone, came back, forgot what I was doing, and picked the wrong one because I forgot it was an "except"
I did the same thing and was confused why I got it wrong until I watched the explanation video, not realizing that I too forgot what the question was asking me. I had a whole epiphany rn