Why Are Bad News Messages Challenging to Compose

question 93

Multiple Choice

Why are bad news messages challenging to compose?

• A)They must be lengthy and vague to avoid legal consequences.
• B)They require you to achieve a number of goals that are incompatible at first glance.
• C)They make it impossible to maintain your audience's goodwill.
• D)They force you to offend your audience.
• E)They demand that you begin with the bad news,thus standing a good chance of alienating your audience from the start.

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