C. Tell the editor-in-chief about her relationship to the pilot, and ask that the story be assigned to another reporter.
Basically you'd call a person who always expects the worst outcomes from anything a pessimist, a person who always thinks the worst and isn't optimistic.
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Personally, I would have put the same answers you have chosen.
Paragraph 7 contributes to the development of ideas in the text by concluding them. Conclusion has the role of finishing the thought process in the text, this way, paragraph 7 can contribute to the text's cohesion by bringing it to a conclusion of ideas, and present the final proposal.