PrepTest 86, Section 2, Question 16
Editorial: The main contention of Kramer's book is that coal companies are to blame for our region's economic difficulties. Kramer bases this contention primarily on allegations made by disgruntled coal company employees that the companies made no significant investments in other industries in our region. Yet the companies invested heavily—albeit sometimes indirectly—in road building and manufacturing in the region. Thus, the book's main contention is simply false.
Editorial: The main contention of Kramer's book is that coal companies are to blame for our region's economic difficulties. Kramer bases this contention primarily on allegations made by disgruntled coal company employees that the companies made no significant investments in other industries in our region. Yet the companies invested heavily—albeit sometimes indirectly—in road building and manufacturing in the region. Thus, the book's main contention is simply false.
Editorial: The main contention of Kramer's book is that coal companies are to blame for our region's economic difficulties. Kramer bases this contention primarily on allegations made by disgruntled coal company employees that the companies made no significant investments in other industries in our region. Yet the companies invested heavily—albeit sometimes indirectly—in road building and manufacturing in the region. Thus, the book's main contention is simply false.
Editorial: The main contention of Kramer's book is that coal companies are to blame for our region's economic difficulties. Kramer bases this contention primarily on allegations made by disgruntled coal company employees that the companies made no significant investments in other industries in our region. Yet the companies invested heavily—albeit sometimes indirectly—in road building and manufacturing in the region. Thus, the book's main contention is simply false.
The reasoning in the editorial's argument is flawed in that this argument
concludes that one party is not to blame for a particular outcome merely on the grounds that another party is to blame for that outcome
concludes that a person's statement is false merely on the grounds that, if accepted as true, it would impugn the reputation of an important industry
rejects an argument merely on the grounds that the person offering the argument has an ulterior motive for doing so
takes a sufficient condition for the coal companies' having made significant investments in other industries in the region to be a necessary condition for their having done so
concludes that a person's statement is false merely on the grounds that an inadequate argument has been given for it
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