Interesting CR from MGMAT CAT

Vaibhav Sinha

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Jul 9, 2013, 3:41:25 PM7/9/13

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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.

Not a tough CR but difficult/convoluted question stem: Once understood, the answer choice speaks out loud.

OA: After prompts from others. (This should be easy)

Matt P

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Jul 9, 2013, 8:12:37 PM7/9/13

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This is my understanding of the prompt:

A liberal news personality was added, and then an additional conservative program was established.

This stirred claims that NNN is biased.

The director claimed that this response was born of a desire for fairness and not a bias.

(A) addresses the issue well; if the opposite scenario also occurred, then the director likely did act out of a desire for fairness.

None of the others seem relevant.

vaibhav

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Jul 10, 2013, 2:18:31 AM7/10/13

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As I said, the CR just had a convoluted idea which was not so clear in the 1st go.

Matt nailed it right on.

Good work bro.

Vaibhav.

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