PT143.S3.Q8

PrepTest 143 - Section 3 - Question 8

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Support The local news media have long heralded Clemens as an honest politician. ████ ████ ██████ █████ ████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ██ █ ██████████ ████████ ████ ████████████ ███ ███ █████ █████ ████ ███ ████ █████████ ██████ ██████ ████████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █████ █████████ ████████ ████ ███ █████████ █████████ ██ ██████ █████ ████ █████ ████ ███████ ███ ███████ ███ ████████

Summarize Argument

The local media show too much deference toward public figures because they unknowingly characterized a corrupt politician as honest, and local reporters failed to follow leads that may have exposed the politician.

Identify Conclusion

The conclusion is a criticism of local media: “the local media show too much deference toward public figures.”

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8.

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a

Clemens has long ████ █████████ ██ ██ ██████ ██████████ ██ ███ █████ ████ ██████

b

The local news █████ ████ █████ ██ ██████ ███████ ██ ██ ██████ ███████████

c

The local news █████ ████ ███ ████ █████████ ██████ ██████ ████████

d

Reporters from the █████ █████████ █████████ ██ ██████ █████ ████ █████ ████ ███████ ███ ███████ ████ ████████

e

The local newspaper's █████████ ██ ███████ ██ ██████████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ██████ ███████ ██ ████████

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