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Support The local news media have long heralded Clemens as an honest politician. ████ ████ ██████ █████ ████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ██ █ ██████████ ████████ ████ ████████████ ███ ███ █████ █████ ████ ███ ████ █████████ ██████ ██████ ████████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █████ █████████ ████████ ████ ███ █████████ █████████ ██ ██████ █████ ████ █████ ████ ███████ ███ ███████ ███ ████████
Summarize Argument
The local media show too much deference toward public figures because they unknowingly characterized a corrupt politician as honest, and local reporters failed to follow leads that may have exposed the politician.
Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is a criticism of local media: “the local media show too much deference toward public figures.”
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a
Clemens has long ████ █████████ ██ ██ ██████ ██████████ ██ ███ █████ ████ ██████
This is a premise. The media’s long-time characterization of Clemens as an honest politician demonstrates how the local news media show too much deference toward public figures.
b
The local news █████ ████ █████ ██ ██████ ███████ ██ ██ ██████ ███████████
This is a premise. The local media’s incorrect characterization of Clemens as an honest politician demonstrates how the local news media show too much deference toward public figures.
c
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This rephrases the conclusion.
d
Reporters from the █████ █████████ █████████ ██ ██████ █████ ████ █████ ████ ███████ ███ ███████ ████ ████████
This is a premise. It supports the conclusion that the local media show too much deference toward public figures.
e
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The local newspaper’s treatment of Clemens is intended as an example of how local news media treats public figures; the other premises discuss the local news media generally. The conclusion further generalizes to local media.