标题: 初次发帖，问一道曼哈顿模考的题目 [打印本页] 作者: katherineqw 时间: 2015-10-29 13:04 标题: 初次发帖，问一道曼哈顿模考的题目 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?
The Network has established an additional liberal news program whenever an additional conservative news personality has been added.
The Network airs a program focused largely on the opinions of its viewers on contemporary issues.
The newly added liberal news personality came from a rival network with an acknowledged liberal bias.
The newly added liberal news personality has indicated that he has not felt any editorial pressure in his new environment.
The viewer ratings of the Network have been lower this past year than in previous years.作者: katherineqw 时间: 2015-10-29 13:06
答案是A我选的是C 官方的答案如下The director of programming argues that the addition of a conservative news program in response to the hiring of a liberal news personality represents an institutional attempt at balancing different perspectives, rather than any conservative bias. The evidence provided by the director is outside of the context of any past actions on the part of the Network; it would be useful to have more information about actions the Network has taken in response to the hiring of conservative or liberal news personalities in the past to determine a pattern of behavior.
(A) CORRECT. If the Network responds to the addition of a liberal news personality in the same way that it does the addition of a conservative news personality, then the argument presented by the director is valid. An identical response to the hiring of a personality from either side of the political spectrum suggests that the Network does act in a fair and balanced manner, at least in this regard.
(B) Whether the Network presents a program airing the opinions of its viewers on contemporary issues does not indicate either a balanced approach or a conservative bias. This statement is irrelevant.
(C) The nature of the former employer of the newly-hired liberal news personality is not relevant in determining whether or not there is a systematic conservative bias regarding the overall programming of the Network.
(D) Whether the new liberal news personality has indicated that he has felt any editorial pressure is not relevant; he might not want to admit to such pressure even if it did exist. Moreover, the experience of one employee does not address the overall programming of the Network.
(E) That the Network has suffered from lower ratings in the past year is not relevant to determining the bias or lack thereof of the Network, though it may explain why new personalities and programming are being added.
C跟结论完全无关啊！liberal news personality是不是从a rival network with an acknowledged liberal bias来的没有关系，只要是liberal的属性就行了。跟“黑猫白猫，抓到耗子的就是好猫”一个道理。作者: Clair117 时间: 2015-11-14 02:49
P1: 即使 when a liberal news personality was recently added to the Network, an additional conservative news program was also established 是事实
P2: The director of programming 说 这个事实也只能说明 NNN 的一个 commitment to presenting a balanced perspective in interpreting current events
C: NNN network does not have a conservative bias
Q: 怎样才能证明 programming director 说的有道理 -- 也就是P1所说的现象不足以说明NNN有conservative bias
选项A： 对于每次新增加 additional conservative news personality 的时候同样也会增加 additional liberal news program -- 说明 NNN 每次都是采用相同的方式处理问题的，不存在任何方向的 bias
选项C：The newly added liberal news personality came from a rival network with an acknowledged liberal bias. 无关，因为答案中只提了有 liberal bias，并没有说这个 liberal bias 到底是怎么 bias 的，不能自己作假设说这个 bias 就是跟 conservative 有关的 bias。