LSAT 3 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q16

LR Question 16 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: The public is aware of the possibility of biases in the…

QUESTION TYPE: Most Strongly Supported

ANALYSIS: All of the information about the media comes from the media. If that’s true, how can the public accurately judge anything about the media?

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1. CORRECT. This is it. The public can never accurately judge anything about the media, since the only source of information about the media is the media. The public might suspect a bias but they would never be able to tell exactly what the bias is.
2. We don’t know if this is true. They might, but how could we tell? Our only information about the media is the media.
3. Same as B.
4. This is not necessarily true. We know scientists come out of the same society as the public but they tend to hold different views. Besides, nothing in the stimulus supports this idea.
5. Does anything in the stimulus tell you what the public is and is not likely to believe when they read a news story? We know they distrust the media, but we’re not told how they react to any specific stories.

Recap: The question begins with “The public is aware of the possibility of biases in the”. It is a Most Strongly Supported question. Learn more about LSAT MSS questions in our guide to LSAT Logical Reasoning question types.