Teacher: Journalists who conceal the identity of the sources they quote stake their professional reputations on what may be called the logic of anecdotes. This is so because the statements reported by such journalists are dissociated from the precise circumstances in which they were made and thus will be accepted for publication can invent plausible, original, or interesting stories faster than they can be obtained from unidentified sources.
What this question is testing
Your task
Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.
Common trap
Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.
Winning move
Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.
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