大全-c-10 看了以前的讨论，还有一个地方不明白

Questions 10-11 are based on the following.

From time to time, the press indulges in outbursts of indignation over the use of false or misleading information by the U.S. government in support of its policies and programs. No one endorses needless deception. But consider this historical analogy. It is known that Christopher Columbus, on his first voyage to the New World, deliberately falsified the log to show a shorter sailing distance for each day out than the ships had actually traveled. In this way, Columbus was able to convince his skeptical sailors that they had not sailed past the point at which they expected to find the shores of India. Without this deception, Columbus’s sailors might well have mutinied, and the New World might never have been discovered.

10. The author of the passage above assumes each of the following EXCEPT:

(A) Government deception of the press is often motivated by worthy objectives.

(B) Without government deception, popular support for worthwhile government policies and programs might well fade.

(C) Attacks on the government by the press are often politically motivated.

(D) Deception for deception’s sake should not be condoned.（C）

(E) A greater good may sometimes require acceptance of a lesser evil.

请问文中的作者到底是什么结论呢？在 No one endorses needless deception这句里作者是对deception持否定态度，但是后面的一个analogy让人觉得作者又在支持deception了呢

到底是什么呢？谢谢大家！！！

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