Directions: For this question, select the best of the answer from the choices given.Contemporary newspapers carry stories about infanticide among the poor much more frequently than 19^th century newspapers did. It’s clear, then, that due to the fact that less value is placed on human life today, there has been a substantial increase in incidence of infanticide. All of the following, if true are valid objections to the argument above except:

Editors of 19^th century newspapers were less inclined to carry stories about infanticide than contemporary editors.

There was less interest in, less newspaper coverage of the poor in the last century than there is today.

No studies have demonstrated that less value is placed on human life today than in 19^th century.

Historical police records do not indicate a smaller number of infanticides in the past.

Studies have indicated that there was less value placed on human life in the 19^th century than today.