LSAT 135 | Section 1 | Logical Reasoning: Q24

LR Question 24 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Editorial: One of our local television stations has…

QUESTION TYPE: Principle

CONCLUSION: The story was good journalism.

REASONING: The public was interested and the story was true.

ANALYSIS: For principle-justify questions, pretend you don’t know what’s right and wrong.

The editorial describes some things the station did. You must prove that those things lead to good journalism.

So, the right answer will be along the lines of ‘if something is true and interests the public then it is good journalism’.

Identify the things the station did, then say they’re good things. That’s it.

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1. This tells us when we should criticize journalists. We want to not criticize journalists.
2. Same as A.
3. CORRECT. The station did provide accurate information, and the public was interested. Therefore, according to this answer the station produced good journalism.
4. This is a necessary condition for good journalism. We want a sufficient condition.
5. This helps us prove that something isn’t good journalism. We want to prove that the story was good journalism.