PT154.S2.Q20

PrepTest 154 - Section 2 - Question 20

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Summarize Argument

The author concludes that the public’s welfare can be undermined by its own tastes. As support, the author explains that journalists focus on stories that will stimulate their readers’ interest, which are often stories that involve rumors and implausible conspiracies. These stories displace stories that would be better for the public, such as those about important political and social developments.

Identify Conclusion

The conclusion is the author’s assessment of how the public can hurt itself through its own desires: “The public’s welfare can be undermined by its own tastes.”

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20.

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a

The best interests ██ ███ ██████ █████████ ████ ██ ██ ██████ ███████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ███████████ ████ ██████ █████

b

Journalists' tendency to █████ ██ ███████████ ███ ████████ ███████ ██████ ████ █████ ██ ████████████ ██████████ ██ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ██████ ████████

c

Newspaper articles that █████ ██ ██████ ██ █████████ █████ ████████████ ███ █████ ████████ ███████ █████ █████████ █████████ ██ ██████ █████████████

d

The shortcomings of ██████ ████████████████ ███ ██ ██████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ██ ███ ████████

e

Journalists should pay ████ █████████ ██ ███ ████████ ███████ ████ ██ ███ ██████ ████ ████████ █████ ███████ ██ █████ ███

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