Critics worry that pessimistic news reports about the economy harm it by causing people to lose confidence in the economy, of which everyone has direct experience every day. Journalists respond that to do their jobs well they cannot worry about the effects of their work. Also, studies show that people do not defer to journalists except on matters of which they have no direct experience. The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following? ["Critics who think that the economy is affected by the extent of people's confidence in it are wrong.", "News reports about the economy are unlikely to have a significant effect on people's opinions about the state of the economy.", 'Pessimistic news reports about such matters as foreign policy, of which people do not have experience every day, are likely to have a negative impact.', "Journalists need not be deeply concerned about their reporting's effects on the well-being of the average citizen."]