PT136.S2.Q15

PrepTest 136 - Section 2 - Question 15

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Commentator: Many social critics claim that contemporary journalists' cynical tendency to look for selfish motives behind the seemingly altruistic actions of powerful people undermines our society's well-being by convincing people that success is invariably associated with greed and mendacity. ███ ███ ████████ █████ ██ ███████ ███ ████████ ██ ████████████ ███████████ ██████ ██ █ ████████████ ██████ ██ ███ ███████████ ██ ███ █████████ ███████████ ███ ███████████ ████ ██████ ████ ███████ ███████ ███████████ ████ ██ █████████ ████ ██████████ ████ █████ █████████████

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

The author concludes that the cynicism of contemporary journalists does not undermine our society’s well-being. This is based on the fact that journalists have always been cynics.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author assumes that the well-being of society has not been undermined in the past due to journalists’ cynicism. This overlooks the possibility that society has been undermined from the cynicism that has always existed.

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a

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b

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e

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