Day 79 Since those issues of Newsbeat magazine that featured political news on their front cover were the poorest-selling issues over the past three years

Since those issues of Newsbeat magazine that featured political news on their front cover were the poorest-selling issues over the past three years, the publisher of Newsbeat has recommended that the magazine curtail its emphasis on politics to focus more exclusively on economics and personal finance. She points to a recent survey of readers of general interest magazines that indicates greater reader interest in economic issues than in political ones. Newsbeat's editor, however, opposes the proposed shift in editorial policy, pointing out that very few magazines offer extensive political coverage anymore.

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.

五问：

（1）本题有两个针锋相对的观点，因此在分析的时候也应该区分两个角度： the publisher of Newsbeat与Newsbeat's editor。“Since those issues of Newsbeat magazine that featured political news on their front cover were the poorest-selling issues over the past three years”“She points to a recent survey of readers of general interest magazines that indicates greater reader interest in economic issues than in political ones”和“pointing out that very few magazines offer extensive political coverage anymore”是事实，值得反驳吗？

（2）封面上有政治新闻是否就意味着杂志中所有（或者绝大部分）的内容都是政治类的新闻？我们能否简单地用一本杂志的封面来代表这本杂志的内容？过去三年是一个合适的取样时间吗？足够长吗？今后的情况是否可能发生变化呢？

（3）是否可能有其他因素导致杂志销量下降呢？例如杂志价格上涨或者报道写得不好。即使读者不太喜欢政治类的新闻，是否就意味着读者会喜欢经济与个人金融方面的内容呢？原文中是否给出了足够的信息来证明这一点呢？

（4）利用调查来证明观点是否合适？原文中是否给出足够的信息来证明这个调研结果的事实基础是坚实的？如果没有，请你说说还需要补充哪些信息。比如：选择的样本量合适吗？调查对象合适吗？更进一步的，我们是否应该考虑把“当下并不阅读我们杂志的人”作为调查研究的一部分，而不仅仅考虑那些已经是我们读者的人呢？

（5）Newsbeat's editor认为现在采用政治新闻做封面的杂志数量非常有限——但这是否能证明我们并不需要改革呢？是否正是因为用政治新闻做封面会使销售量下降才导致其他杂志不再继续这样做？出版这本杂志的目标是什么，原文是否给出了足够的信息？“想要吸引更多的读者”与“想要发出不一样的声音”恐怕并不是同一件事情。