<p><span style="color:#8e44ad;"><span style="font-size:20px;">Pairing Up</span></span></p>
<p>First things first. We use the <span style="color:#8e44ad;"><strong>Pairing Strategy</strong></span> to identify any synonym pairs among the six answer choices.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Pair 1:</strong> neglected/slighted (both mean not giving something the attention it deserves)</li>
</ul>
<p>There's only one pair here, so we can eliminate the other answer choices: <span style="color:#e74c3c;"><s>overrated</s></span>, <span style="color:#e74c3c;"><s>hidden</s></span>, <span style="color:#e74c3c;"><s>criticized</s></span>, and <span style="color:#e74c3c;"><s>repudiated</s></span>.</p>
<p><span style="color:#27ae60;"><span style="font-size:20px;">The Right Answer</span></span></p>
<p>We can use Math Strategy to figure out the blank. There is support or continuation happening at "because". On the right-hand side, there is the idea of financial issues being unsuitable for the media to show, if this is a continuation of the left-hand side, the blank must be something like "considered unsuitable".</p>
<p>The best (and only) match for this is the pair <span style="color:#27ae60;">neglected/slighted</span>.</p>