People tend to estimate the likelihood of an event’s occurrence according to its
salience; that is, according to how strongly and how often it comes to their
attention.
By placement and headlines, newspapers emphasize stories about local crime
over stories about crime elsewhere and about many other major events.
It can be concluded on the basis of the statements above that, if they are true,
which of the following is most probably also true?
(A) The language used in newspaper headlines about local crime is inflammatory
and fails to respect the rights of suspects.
(B) The coverage of international events in newspapers is neglected in favor of
the coverage of local events.
(C) Readers of local news in newspapers tend to overestimate the amount of
crime in their own localities relative to the amount of crime in other places.
(D) None of the events concerning other people that are reported in newspapers is
so salient in people’s minds as their own personal experiences.
(E) The press is the news medium that focuses people’s attention most strongly
on local crimes.
salience; that is, according to how strongly and how often it comes to their
attention.
By placement and headlines, newspapers emphasize stories about local crime
over stories about crime elsewhere and about many other major events.
It can be concluded on the basis of the statements above that, if they are true,
which of the following is most probably also true?
(A) The language used in newspaper headlines about local crime is inflammatory
and fails to respect the rights of suspects.
(B) The coverage of international events in newspapers is neglected in favor of
the coverage of local events.
(C) Readers of local news in newspapers tend to overestimate the amount of
crime in their own localities relative to the amount of crime in other places.
(D) None of the events concerning other people that are reported in newspapers is
so salient in people’s minds as their own personal experiences.
(E) The press is the news medium that focuses people’s attention most strongly
on local crimes.
