LSAT 144 – Section 3 – Question 01

LSAT 144 - Section 3 - Question 01

October 2015

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PT144 S3 Q01
+LR
+Exp
Sufficient assumption +SA
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
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A
98%
162
B
1%
155
C
0%
D
1%
152
E
0%
155
120
124
134
 +Easiest 145.106 +SubsectionEasier

The television star Markus Hermann refuses to grant interviews with newspapers unless he is given the right to approve the article before publication. The Greyburg Messenger newspaper refuses to do anything that its editors believe will compromise their editorial integrity. So the Messenger will not interview Hermann, since _______.

Summary

The author concludes that the Messenger will not interview Hermann. This is based on the fact that the Messenger won’t do anything that its editors believe will compromise their editorial integrity. In addition, in order to interview Hermann, he must be given the right to approve the article before publication.

Missing Connection

We know that if the editors think something will compromise their editorial integrity, the Messenger won’t do it. So to conclude that the Messenger won’t interview Hermann, we want to know that the editors think interviewing Hermann will compromise their editorial integrity, or that they think that what Hermann requires in order to conduct the interview (the right to approve the article before publication) will compromise their editorial integrity.

A
the editors of the Messenger believe that giving an interviewee the right to approve an article before publication would compromise their editorial integrity

(A), in connection with one of the premises, establishes that the Messenger will not grant Hermann the right to approve the article. Then, since Hermann won’t grant an interview unless he is given the right, (A) establishes that Hermann won’t grant the interview.

B
the Messenger has never before given an interviewee the right to approve an article before publication

(B) doesn’t establish that the Messenger won’t grant Hermann the right to pre-publication approval. Just because it’s never happened before doesn’t guarantee that it won’t happen this time.

C
most television stars are willing to grant interviews with the Messenger even if they are not given the right to approve the articles before publication

We know Hermann won’t grant an interview without pre-publication approval rights. What other TV stars do doesn’t matter.

D
Hermann usually requests substantial changes to interview articles before approving them

What Hermann actually does with pre-publication approval rights doesn’t matter. The issue is whether granting him the pre-publication approval rights is something that editors think compromises their editorial integrity.

E
Hermann believes that the Messenger frequently edits interviews in ways that result in unflattering portrayals of the interviewees

What Hermann beleives about Messenger edits doesn’t matter. The issue is whether granting him the pre-publication approval rights is something that editors think compromises their editorial integrity.

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