WeakenDiff: Medium
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: A newspaper hired more editors to stop making mistakes, but a critic says it didn't work because they are still printing way more corrections than their rivals.
Conclusion: The newspaper's initiative to reduce factual errors by hiring more editorial staff has failed.
Reasoning: The newspaper currently publishes a significantly higher number of corrections for factual errors than its primary competitor does.
Analysis: The critic's argument rests on the assumption that 'more corrections' is a perfect proxy for 'more errors.' However, it is possible that the new staff is actually doing a great job of catching and admitting mistakes that previously went unnoticed or uncorrected. To weaken this, we should look for an answer that suggests the high volume of corrections is due to the paper's increased diligence or the competitor's lack of transparency. If the competitor is simply ignoring their own mistakes, the critic's comparison falls apart.
Conclusion: The newspaper's initiative to reduce factual errors by hiring more editorial staff has failed.
Reasoning: The newspaper currently publishes a significantly higher number of corrections for factual errors than its primary competitor does.
Analysis: The critic's argument rests on the assumption that 'more corrections' is a perfect proxy for 'more errors.' However, it is possible that the new staff is actually doing a great job of catching and admitting mistakes that previously went unnoticed or uncorrected. To weaken this, we should look for an answer that suggests the high volume of corrections is due to the paper's increased diligence or the competitor's lack of transparency. If the competitor is simply ignoring their own mistakes, the critic's comparison falls apart.
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Unlock Full Passage25.Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the critic's argument?
Correct Answer
C
If the Gazette-Standard more actively follows up on reader complaints than its competitor, it will publish more corrections regardless of whether it actually commits more errors. That undercuts the critic’s inference that “more corrections” = “the staff increase failed,” because the metric (corrections) may reflect diligence and transparency, not error frequency.
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