Question

review the sixth paragraph.
eat, drink, shop local
1 buy local campaigns have popped up all over the country, encouraging consumers to support their local community businesses. the movement aims at moving customers away from large, big - box retailers and motivating them to support local business owners, farmers, craftsmen, and other product providers. while buying locally clearly supports ones own community, the value of supporting local businesses goes much further than that. consumers should support local businesses not only to boost the local economy, but also to help cities and towns maintain their own unique identities and cohesive communities.
the sixth paragraph is meant to support the authors main claim that people should support local businesses to benefit their communities. whats wrong with the authors argument in the sixth paragraph?
support for an initiative by a well - known entity does not mean the initiative is justified.
it doesnt include information on how the big - box retailers respond to \shop local\ initiatives.
the author does not provide statistics about year - round shopping at local businesses.

Explanation:

The author's argument in the sixth paragraph relies on the popularity of "buy local" campaigns (their prevalence across the country) to support the claim that people should support local businesses. This is a flaw because just because a well - known entity (the widespread campaigns) supports an initiative, it doesn't mean the initiative is justified. The other options are not relevant: the argument doesn't need big - box retailers' responses, and statistics about year - round shopping at local businesses are not necessary for the argument's validity.

Answer:

A. Support for an initiative by a well - known entity does not mean the initiative is justified.