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Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Economist: Some critics of the media have contended

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  MartyMurray
 Please help us understand why option E can be eliminated. E seems to be a trap but not surewhy.­

­Economist: Some critics of the media have contended that negative news reports on the state of the economy can actually harm the economy because such reports damage people’s confidence in it, and this lack of confidence in turn adversely affects people’s willingness to spend money. But studies show that spending trends correlate very closely with people’s confidence in their own immediate economic situations. Thus these media critics aremistaken.

The economist's conclusion is thefollowing:

these media critics are mistaken (in contending that "negative news reports on the state of the economy can actually harm the economy because such reports damage people’s confidence in it, and this lack of confidence in turn adversely affects people’s willingness to spendmoney."

The support for the conclusion is thefollowing:

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Statistics : Posted by MartyMurray • on 10 Feb 2019, 19:27 • Replies 14 • Views 5431



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