medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
Editor: Our newspaper should stop publishing anonymous opinion columns. Readers deserve to know who is making an argument so they can weigh it properly, and an author willing to attach a name is more likely to write responsibly.
The editor's reasoning depends on assuming which one of the following?
- Disclosing the author's identity does not bring drawbacks that outweigh the benefits of accountability the editor cites.
- No responsible commentary has ever appeared as an anonymous column in any newspaper.
- Readers are incapable of evaluating an argument unless they know who wrote it.
- Most of the newspaper's current opinion columns are published anonymously.
- Requiring bylines will increase the total number of opinion columns the newspaper receives.
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