Explanation

Thirding the request for an explanation here. If possible, could you please also explain why C is not a desirable answer choice? Thank you!

@wills and @JeremyG, Happy to help. (A) says, "fails to consider that, even if the reports are incomplete, they may nevertheless provide the public with important information about airline safety" (A) astutely points out that the argument does not consider that the reports could be incomplete but still provide value and usefulness to the general public. Thus, (A) captures the vulnerability of the argument, so it's our correct answer choice. @wills, it's important to note that just because something is incomplete, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's completely wrong. (C) says, "presumes, without providing justification, that information about airline safety is impossible to find in the absence of government disclosures" The argument appears to make the assumption that the airline statistics that the government is reporting were not easily available to the public before the implementation of the new policy. However, this does not necessarily mean that the argument is also assuming that the information was impossible to find. As a result, we can get rid of (C). Does this make sense? If either or both of you have any more questions, let us know!

I'm still not 100% sure why C is incorrect. Please explain further.

Hi @aonyonyi and @JeremyG, Another issue with (C) is that the wording it uses is simply too strong. Nowhere does the author presume that it is IMPOSSIBLE to find information about airline safety in the absence of government disclosures. This is just not a fact that the author needs to presume, and can't be supported by the stimulus. Always be on the lookout for extreme language - while there are cases in which they may be in an answer, absolutes like "impossible" or "always" more often than not make a claim too extreme, and therefore incorrect. Hope this helps!