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by komal » Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:19 am
Journalist: A free marketplace of ideas ensures that all ideas get a fair hearing. Even ideas tainted with prejudice and malice can prompt beneficial outcomes. In most countries, however, the government is responsible for over half the information released to the public through all media. For this reason, the power of governments over information needs to be curtailed. Everyone grants that governments should not suppress free expression, yet governments continue to construct near monopolies on the publication and dissemination of enormous amounts of information.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the journalist's argument?

(A) The freedom of the marketplace of ideas is in jeopardy.

(B) Preserving a free marketplace of ideas is important.

(C) The control that governments have over information needs to be reduced.

(D) Ideas that have malicious content or stem from questionable sources can be valuable.

(E) Governments have near monopolies on the dissemination of many kinds of information.

OA C source powerscore CR bible
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by bpgen » Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:29 am
It will be C.

Look out for Conclusion starter :For this reason, the power of governments over information needs to be curtailed.
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by reply2spg » Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:53 pm
C is correct
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by CrazyGmatter » Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:30 pm
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the journalist's argument? - Does it mean that we need to find what is conclusion stated in the passage or does it mean that we need find what the journalist is trying to conclude or imply from the stem.

Because C just states whatever has been mentioned in the stem?
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