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Summarize Argument
The author concludes that some reporter can scoop all of the other reporters. This is based on the following:
All that any reporter knows about the accident is what the press agent said.
If the agent told every reporter everything, then each reporter knows the same amount as every other reporter.
If each reporter knows the same amount as every other reporter, a scoop is not possible.
But, the press agent did not tell every reporter everything.
Identify and Describe Flaw
The author assumes that if the agent did not tell every reporter everything, that at least one reporter knows more than every other reporter. This assumption is faulty because it’s possible each reporter still knows the same amount as every other reporter, even if the agent withheld some information.
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c
Some reporter may ████ ████ ████ █████████ █████ ███ ████████ ████ ███ ████████ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████ ██████████
d
The press agent ███ ███ ████ ███ ████ █████ ███ ████████ ████ ███ ████ █████████████ █████████
e
No reporter knows ███ ████ █████ ███ ████████ ████ ███ █████ █████████