GMAT Question of the Day: Critical Resoning

The increase in the number of false new stories revealed to be false serves to strengthen the argument that the media company CEO’s first priority is audience size over reporting the truth. Local TV stations even have teams to identify false stories. The argument above assumes that:

A) the media company’s CEO decides what stories are broadcast.
B) news stories exposed as fabrications are a recent phenomenon.
C) every news story must be factually verifiable.
D) fact checking is more comprehensive for small news organizations than major ones.
E) Until last year, news companies did not even admit to broadcasting fictional stories.

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  1. JR says:

    A) the media company’s CEO decides what stories are broadcast.

  2. abhishek says:

    A

  3. Reetu Singh says:

    A

  4. deedee says:

    C. every news story must be factually verifiable.

    Whats the right answer?

  5. Vamsi Krishna Kanuri says:

    A

    Reasoning:

    The argument clearly says that the CEO is interested in the number rather than whether the truth, which means that the facts are immaterial to the organization. The organization just needs to attract people. So “the media company’s CEO decides what stories are broadcast.” which doesn’t speak about facts is the right choice.

  6. Pushpa says:

    The argument above assumes that:
    C) every news story must be factually verifiable.

    Thats why every Local TV stations even have teams to identify false stories.

  7. Arun says:

    A to me

  8. jaspreet says:

    A

  9. addy says:

    C.. an assumption always supports the cnclsn of the passage yet shoul’dnt be stated in the passage(it bridges the gap btwn premise and cnclsn)

  10. kapil says:

    C
    reasoning:”Local TV stations even have teams to identify false stories”.
    this means its possible for news companies to know weather the partucular event is true or false i.e.every news story must be factually verifiable.

  11. The Don says:

    C,

    I originally thought A, but it appears the implication in the premises is that the CEO fiddle-faddled with their fact checkers, not directly the news stories themselves.

  12. nothimpossible says:

    C

  13. bharath.ranga says:

    What is the correct answer?

  14. Shobhit Bhargava says:

    B…

  15. Rajib says:

    I also figured out C…..Can the management reveal the correct answer ?

  16. partenac says:

    Where do we go to see the correct answer?

  17. The Don says:

    Would like to see the correct answer to t his…

  18. Arkesh says:

    I would like to know the correct answer. what is it ? ?
    btw, i go with A.

  19. Kuldeep Sharma says:

    c

  20. srimathy says:

    OPTION:B

  21. Jorge (Peru) says:

    C) every news story must be factually verifiable

    TV stations have teams available to verify

    With ans “A)the media company’s CEO decides what stories are broadcast.” you cannot infer if the CEO is the final decition makers to which stories might be broadcasted.

  22. Shikha says:

    Can sumone plz tell us the correct answer??

  23. Basant says:

    i also think it’s C.. take GMAT team please provide with the correct answer..

  24. sarah says:

    looks like this is an old thread….where can i find correct anwser?

  25. Punith reddy says:

    C

  26. ismitevijay says:

    A:

  27. dp says:

    option A

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