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7.     Whenever a major airplane accident occurs, there is a dramatic increase in the number of airplane mishaps reported, a phenomenon that may last for as long as a few months after the accident. Airline officials assert that the publicity given the gruesomeness of major airplane accidents focuses media attention on the airline industry and the increase in the number of reported accidents is caused by an increase in the number of news sources covering airline accident, not by an increase in the number of accidents.

Which of the following, if true, would seriously weaken the assertions of the airline officials?

(A) The publicity surrounding airline accidents is largely limited to the country in which the crash occurred.

(B) Airline accidents tend to occur far more often during certain peak travel months.

(C) News organizations do not have any guidelines to help them decide how severe or how close an accident must be for it to receive coverage.

(D) Airplane accidents receive coverage by news sources only when the news sources find it advantageous to do so.（B）

(E) Studies by government regulations show that the number of airplane flight miles remains relatively constant from month to month.

以Lawyer_1为首的NN认为是B, 理由: 原文结论：报道的飞机事故增加是媒体资源增加，而不是实际飞机事故增加（一般性结论）。B给出一个反例：旅游高峰期飞行事故就比平时多。

我认为 B无关. 理由:

1) 原文谈的是major airline accident, B谈的是Airline accident - 对象无关

2) B没说在peak travel monthes, the number of airplane mishaps reported增加. - 与论证过程无关

而C说: 媒体报道时事故时, 既无法判断sever与否(即无法判断是否是major airline accident), 又无法判断事故发生有多近(与其他事故相比), 所以weaken了媒体因为有了major airline accident进而疯狂报道的可能性.