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#27352
Complete Question Explanation
Point At Issue. The correct answer choice is (E)
Logan argues that old newspapers are useless to historians, as they have always focused on ephemeral matters and ignored important societal changes. Mendez disagrees, stating that news stories provide important information about what the people of a given era thought and felt (suggesting that old newspapers would be useful to historians).
Answer choice (A): Mendez never discusses how accurate newspaper are in reporting about the most important changes taking place in society, so this answer fails the Agree/Disagree Test.
Answer choice (B): Neither speaker discusses whether the study of previous eras should include investigations into the “conventions of newspaper reporting,” but rather the disagreement is about the usefulness of old newspaper stories/reports.
Answer choice (C): Logan does not discuss popular art, so this answer fails the Agree/Disagree Test.
Answer choice (D): Neither speaker mentions what newspaper should do. They are concerned instead about how useful the information contained in newspapers really is.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. Logan would disagree with this answer (newspaper stories are not useful), and Mendez would agree (they are useful sources of material for understanding the past).
Point At Issue. The correct answer choice is (E)
Logan argues that old newspapers are useless to historians, as they have always focused on ephemeral matters and ignored important societal changes. Mendez disagrees, stating that news stories provide important information about what the people of a given era thought and felt (suggesting that old newspapers would be useful to historians).
Answer choice (A): Mendez never discusses how accurate newspaper are in reporting about the most important changes taking place in society, so this answer fails the Agree/Disagree Test.
Answer choice (B): Neither speaker discusses whether the study of previous eras should include investigations into the “conventions of newspaper reporting,” but rather the disagreement is about the usefulness of old newspaper stories/reports.
Answer choice (C): Logan does not discuss popular art, so this answer fails the Agree/Disagree Test.
Answer choice (D): Neither speaker mentions what newspaper should do. They are concerned instead about how useful the information contained in newspapers really is.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. Logan would disagree with this answer (newspaper stories are not useful), and Mendez would agree (they are useful sources of material for understanding the past).