Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT9 S2 Q3 Explanation

Balance is particularly important

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Stimulus

Balance is particularly important when reporting the background of civil wars and conflicts. Facts must not be deliberately manipulated to show one party in a favorable light, and the views of each side should be fairly represented. This concept of balance, however, does not justify concealing or glossing over basic injustices in of justice on its side, contrary to our experience of life and, indeed, our common sense.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
3.

Which one of the following best expresses the main point of

Answer choices

  1. Trap7% picked this

    Balanced reporting presents the public with a picture of the world in which all sides to a

  2. Correct79% picked this

    Balanced reporting requires impartially revealing injustices where they occur no less than fairly presenting the views of each

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

    Skill tested: Main Conclusion · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  3. Trap3% picked this

    Our experience of life shows that there are indeed cases in which conflicts arise because of an injustice, with one

  4. Trap4% picked this

    Common sense tells us that balance is especially needed when reporting the background of civil

  5. Trap7% picked this

    Balanced reporting is an ideal that cannot be realized, because judgments of balance

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