请教一题 19# OG13

bingc2012

A major network news organization experienced a
drop in viewership in the week following the airing of a
controversial report on the economy. The network
also received a very large number of complaints
regarding the report. The network, however,
maintains that negative reactions to the report had
nothing to do with iis loss of viewers.

(A) The other major network news organizations
reported similar reductions in viewership during
the same week.
(B) The viewers who registered complaints with the
network were regular viewers of the news
organization's programs.
(C) Major network news organizations publicly
attribute drops in viewership to their own
reports only when they receive complaints
about those reports.
(D) This was not the first time that this network
news organization has aired a controversial
report on the economy that has inspired viewers
to complain to the network.
(E) Most network news viewers rely on network
news broadcasts as their primary source of
information regarding the economy,

此题是OG13 的19题，我选择的是D选项，但是OG给的答案是A， 我不大接受。以下是我的简单分析：

A option says that othernetwork reported similar reductions, which does not relate to the report andthe loss of viewers;

B option says the characters of the viewerswho complainted;

C option says in what condition, thenetwork publicly explain the reason for the drop in the viewers;

D option says for several times the networkhad aired cont. reports and inspired complaints. The correct answer.

E option says therelationship between news viewers and network news.

请大侠们帮忙解释一下。

zxppx

你忘记把问题粘贴上去了，应该是一道削弱题。
文中的信息提示： report -------drop viewers
                          report--------complaints
即在report 之后，发生了两件事情：观众减少，抱怨增多。因此结论认为：是complaints 导致了viewers下降。
但是请想想，这两件事情都是发生在report之后，能够证明他们之间有联系吗？
显然，能够攻击这个“gap”，就能削弱这个问题。
A选项，指出其他公司也遇到了viewers下降的问题（不要认为其他公司也报道了前面那个report,文中没说）。说明viewers的下降并不是由于report引起的complaints导致的。
D选项，更“像”加强，而不是削弱。说明这个公司曾经因为报道有争议的消息而引起抱怨，但是仍然不能说明viewers因此而减少。

bingc2012

谢谢，受益了！

simmba

如果收视率下降与报告无关，那么有没有这个报告N台的收视率都会下降。一个好的benchmark就是没有播放报告的其他台收视率也下降了。

Feelalive

谢谢，又木有看懂题目，碉堡一下