PT9-S2-Q13- Criticism that the press

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  Namritakt Member

  August 2020 175 karma

  What we know: The press has the right to pander. Why? It needs to make profits. Why? Because if it was not profit making-------/be supported. What is the alternative to making profits/pandering? Getting subsidies. There are 2 issues with this: 1) no one will subsidize honest journalism (subsidized ------/honest journalism), and 2) giving way to outside control (subsidized -----outside control). We know that subsidizing and profit making are two different ideas. Consider the statement: if /profit making-------/be supported. What does it mean to be "not profit making"? Well, the ONLY alternative is a subsidy, so we can say if /profit making ----- subsidized AND link up the previous statement: subsidized ------/honest journalism. From this we get /profit making ----- subsidized ------ /honest journalism (propaganda). AC (A) if not subsidized, it is in no danger of outside control. All we have is subsidized ----- outside control, and we cannot conclude /subsidized ------- /outside control (negating the sufficient means the rule falls apart, and so this is an invalid argument form). We cannot conclude anything from negating the sufficient condition "subsidized" so eliminate all AC's with /subsidized as the sufficient condition following the "if". This leaves you with AC D and AC E as potential MBT's. (D) to produce honest journalism, it must be profit-making institution (honest journalism-----profit making). We know that /profit making----/honest journalism, so this is just the contrapositive and is a MBT. (E) to make a profit, it must produce honest journalism (profit making ------ honest journalism). This is the opposite of what we have (/profit making------/honest journalism).
• miriaml7 Live Member

  August 2020 1016 karma

  Thank you for the detailed explanation!!