When a threat to life is common, as are automobile and industrial accidents, only unusual instances tend to be prominently reported by the news media. Instances of rare threats, such as product tampering, however, are seen as news by reporters and are universally reported in featured stories. People in general tend to estimate the risk of various threats by how frequently those threats come to their attention.If the statements above are true, which one of the following is most strongly supported on the basis of them?a)Whether governmental action will be taken to lessen a common risk depends primarily on the prominence given to the risk by the news media.b)People tend to magnify the risk of a threat if the threat seems particularly dreadful or if those who would be affected have no control over it.c)Those who get their information primarily from the news media tend to overestimate the risk of uncommon threats relative to the risk of common threats.d)Reporters tend not to seek out information about long-range future threats but to concentrate their attention on the immediate past and future.e)The resources that are spent on avoiding product tampering are greater than the resources that are spent on avoiding threats that stem from the weather.Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

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If the statements above are true, which one of the following is most strongly supported on the basis of them?

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Whether governmental action will be taken to lessen a common risk depends primarily on the prominence given to the risk by the news media.
b)
People tend to magnify the risk of a threat if the threat seems particularly dreadful or if those who would be affected have no control over it.
c)
Those who get their information primarily from the news media tend to overestimate the risk of uncommon threats relative to the risk of common threats.
d)
Reporters tend not to seek out information about long-range future threats but to concentrate their attention on the immediate past and future.
e)
The resources that are spent on avoiding product tampering are greater than the resources that are spent on avoiding threats that stem from the weather.

Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

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(A) Whether governmental action will be taken to lessen a common risk depends primarily on the prominence given to the risk by the news media.
This statement is not strongly supported by the information provided. While the passage mentions that common threats like automobile and industrial accidents are not prominently reported, it does not directly address whether governmental action depends on media prominence.

(B) People tend to magnify the risk of a threat if the threat seems particularly dreadful or if those who would be affected have no control over it.
This statement is not directly supported by the information given. The passage does not discuss whether people tend to magnify the risk of a threat based on dreadfulness or lack of control. It focuses more on how attention given by the media influences people's risk estimation.

(C) Those who get their information primarily from the news media tend to overestimate the risk of uncommon threats relative to the risk of common threats.
This statement is strongly supported by the information provided. The passage explicitly states that people estimate the risk of various threats based on how frequently those threats come to their attention. Since uncommon threats, like product tampering, are universally reported in featured stories, individuals who rely on the news media as their primary source of information are likely to overestimate the risk of such uncommon threats compared to common threats.

(D) Reporters tend not to seek out information about long-range future threats but to concentrate their attention on the immediate past and future.
This statement is not directly supported by the passage. It discusses how reporters concentrate on the immediate past and future but does not address their approach to long-range future threats.

(E) The resources that are spent on avoiding product tampering are greater than the resources that are spent on avoiding threats that stem from the weather.
The passage does not provide any information about the allocation of resources. It focuses on how news media coverage influences risk estimation but does not discuss resource allocation between product tampering and weather-related threats.

Based on the information given, option (C) is the most strongly supported statement.

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