argument 79，求批，谢谢！

puluoning

Since those issues of Newsbeat magazine that featured political news on their front cover were the poorest-selling issues over the past three years, the publisher of Newsbeat has recommended that the magazine curtail its emphasis on politics to focus more exclusively on economics and personal finance. She points to a recent survey of readers of general interest magazines that indicates greater reader interest in economic issues than in political ones. Newsbeat's editor, however, opposes the proposed shift in editorial policy, pointing out that very few magazines offer extensive political coverage anymore.

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.

正文：

In the article, the publisher of Newsbeat recommends that the magazine, which is featured political news on the front cover, should change its routine to emphasize on economics rather than politics, while the editor contradicts the altering in editorial policy. To support the recommendation, the publisher points out the fact that those issues are the poorest selling in the past three years, and a survey which shows that readers are more interested in economic issues than political ones. However, close scrutiny of the evidences reveals several questions need to be explained first, otherwise, the recommendation is unconvincing.

The threshold question is what the constitution of the readers involved the survey is. If the readers investigated are not representative, for example, the most of the readers investigated are female, who normally have little interest in politics, then the result is unreliable. Or, if the survey is carried out in a small county where the people are more interested in making money, then the inclination is obvious. Therefore, without sufficient and various readers engaged the survey, the result of the survey would be too limited to be reliable.

Another question is that how the content in the survey is composed. If the survey does not provide enough information concerning the various interests of the readers, then the survey would be unacceptable. For instance, the survey just contains one question and let the readers to choose a preferred issue between the economics and politics, then the survey itself is too narrow minded to reveal the real thought in readers' mind. The readers could be even more interested in entertainment news, but the survey doesn't provide them the choice, and they have to choose one from the given answer. For that matter, even the magazine changes its style and provides sufficient economic issues, it is still unwarranted that the selling would be better.

Moreover, it is possible that one or more other factors responsible for the poor selling. The publisher should do more investigations, such as a more complete survey, to determine the main reason. Perhaps the reason is that the price of the magazine is too high, or the content in the magazine is too obscure, or the typographical design is not appealing enough, etc. Any of these could cause the poor selling.

To sum up, lack of information about the survey cited, the publisher's recommendation is unpersuasive. To better bolster the recommendation, the publisher should provide more information and rule out other possible factors.

另外有题中提到editor的反对意见，不知道要怎么写到文中去，觉得很别扭。可以不理会么？

普渡哥

我觉得你可以引用他的观点。