LSAT 147 – Section 4 – Question 10
LSAT 147 - Section 4 - Question 10
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Type | Tags | Answer Choices |
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Psg/Game/S Difficulty |
Explanation |
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| PT147 S4 Q10 |
+LR
| Sufficient assumption +SA Link Assumption +LinkA | A
87%
164
B
4%
155
C
2%
157
D
7%
156
E
0%
147
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138 146 154 |
+Medium | 146.282 +SubsectionMedium |
Summary
The author concludes that the caliber of news reporting does not necessarily go down as the entertainment value of it goes up. This is based on the fact that the greatest journalists have been the most entertaining.
Missing Connection
We know that the greatest journalists have been the most entertaining. But this doesn’t tell us anything about the relationship between entertainment value and the caliber of their work. What if the more entertaining pieces they wrote were of lower caliber than the less entertaining pieces? We want to establish that for the greatest journalists, their work did not decrease in caliber as it got more entertaining.
A
The news reporting of the greatest journalists has been of the highest caliber.
(A) establishes the greatest journalists’ news reporting has been of the maximum caliber. This proves that it’s impossible for their work to have decreased in caliber as it got more entertaining. If their work is all of the highest caliber, then more entertainment value isn’t associated with lower caliber.
B
The greatest journalists have been entertainers who report the news.
(B) doesn’t establish anything about the caliber of reporting of the greatest journalists. So it leaves open the possibility that their work decreased in caliber as it got more entertaining.
C
Journalistic greatness involves producing news that is very valuable in some sense.
(C) doesn’t establish anything about the caliber of reporting of the greatest journalists. So it leaves open the possibility that their work decreased in caliber as it got more entertaining.
D
Entertainment and news are not mutually exclusive categories.
(D) doesn’t establish anything about the caliber of reporting of the greatest journalists. So it leaves open the possibility that their work decreased in caliber as it got more entertaining. The fact that something can be both entertainment and news does not establish that there’s no inverse relationship between entertainment value and quality.
E
The worst journalists have been more entertaining than informative.
(E) doesn’t establish anything about the caliber of reporting of the greatest journalists. So it leaves open the possibility that their work decreased in caliber as it got more entertaining.
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LSAT PrepTest 147 Explanations
Section 1 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
- Question 26
Section 2 - Reading Comprehension
- Passage 1 – Passage
- Passage 1 – Questions
- Passage 2 – Passage
- Passage 2 – Questions
- Passage 3 – Passage
- Passage 3 – Questions
- Passage 4 – Passage
- Passage 4 – Questions
Section 3 - Reading Comprehension
- Passage 1 – Passage
- Passage 1 – Questions
- Passage 2 – Passage
- Passage 2 – Questions
- Passage 3 – Passage
- Passage 3 – Questions
- Passage 4 – Passage
- Passage 4 – Questions
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