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I'm having trouble justifying why only C is correct in this MC question.
My understanding is that Anita's conclusion is that the journalistic guidance Marcus cites is inadequate. So wouldn't both A and B also be satisfactory answers here? Both say that the guidance Marcus cites is bad, either by saying the guidance is not clear in all ethical dilemmas (A) or that the guidance is not correct in all ethical dilemmas (B). Both clear and correct are used in the guidance cited by Marcus.
Is my mistake misunderstanding how the word inadequate is used here? So, Anita saying the guidance is inadequate does not mean Anita thinks it is not correct in all dilemmas or not clear in all dilemmas? But to me, both situationally incorrect and situationally unclear mean the guidance is inadequate!
Sorry if this confusing. I'm confused. To be clear, I understand why C is correct.
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Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I'm now much further along in my studies so I'm beginning to understand the importance of precision in terms of reading the stimuli and word usage. I tripped up on this question during one of my first problem sets and it was frustrating.
Your response allowed me to go back to this question and think more about what I missed. For me, it helped to zero on the word "newsworthy" which is in Marcus' guidance and is the core of Anita's critique. By saying Marcus' guidance doesn't say anything about what is newsworthy, she is saying it's not enough (or its inadequate). She's not saying it's unclear (I chose A initially), as she understands the guidance and its lesson re: newsworthy information.
You're exactly right when you say "this won't always match up with the way the word is used in everyday speech." Most all of us would say that a piece of guidance that doesn't include enough information or doesn't define one of its terms would be unclear and therefore incorrect. But, of course, that isn't the exact definition of unclear, which the LSAT would use.