Meaning of ～かといえばそうではない


Another question from me. Reading a text, I stumbled upon the following
sentence:

> では、テレビがあれば、万事それで済むかといえば、そうではない。

As always, stay safe and have a good day.




Could **some hypothetical thing** be true ? .... mmmmm, not necessarily.

"Putting 2 more engineers on the task should get it done quicker"
かといえば、そうではない。

It's a rhetorical construct, similar to what politicians and C-level
executives often employ:

"Do I think that it's a good thing that 200 people lost their lives? Of course
I don't!"

"Do I think it could have been worse had we not stopped the blah blah blah?
Yes I do."




Could **some hypothetical thing** be true ? .... mmmmm, not necessarily.

"Putting 2 more engineers on the task should get it done quicker"
かといえば、そうではない。

It's a rhetorical construct, similar to what politicians and C-level
executives often employ:

"Do I think that it's a good thing that 200 people lost their lives? Of course
I don't!"

"Do I think it could have been worse had we not stopped the blah blah blah?
Yes I do."

