The Public Became Increasingly Cynical About Advertising in the Late

The public became increasingly cynical about advertising in the late 1890s and early 1900s because ______.

A) manufactured products always cost more than their advertised price
B) advertised products were frequently not available
C) advertisers forced newspapers to omit stories about their competitors
D) patent medicines made outrageous claims about what they could cure
E) society had become more urban and more trusting