Critical Reasoning

The Director of programming at NNN, the National News Network, proclaimed that, despite charges to the contrary, the Network does not have a conservative bias. The director acknowledged that, when a liberal news personality was recently added to the Network, an additional conservative news program was also established. However, the director argued that far from demonstrating any bias, these actions reflect a commitment to presenting a balanced perspective in interpreting current events.

Which of the following pieces of information would be most useful in evaluating the validity of the programming director's argument?

A] The Network has established an additional liberal news program whenever an additional conservative news personality has been added.

B] The Network airs a program focused largely on the opinions of its viewers on contemporary issues.

C] The newly added liberal news personality came from a rival network with an acknowledged liberal bias.

D] The newly added liberal news personality has indicated that he has felt any editorial pressure in his new environment.

E] The viewer ratings of the Network have been lower this past year than in previous years.



The correct answer is A.


Frankly speaking, I did not understand the stimulus at all... right after despite charges to the contrary...
I did not understand the thing...

Could any of the experts please help...