MeganL677, I agree with you that the Meteorologist's response could imply that data was ignored. However, (E) would still be a hard sell because in my mind, (E) goes beyond implying data was ignored. (E) ends with "...has been systematically neglected." So if (E) was correct, that would me...

(E) states "Most EARLY reviewers...."

Starting in line 17, "Their Eyes was not totally ignored by book reviewers upon its publication. In fact, it received a mixture of positive and negative reviewers..."


Your quote also includes critics and readers and not just reviewers.