You are the Attorney General of State A, currently campaigning for Governor of State A. A reporter from Newspaper B e-mails you to inquire about a parking ticket you received 2 years ago at a park that is a known meeting place for "fancy boys." Newspaper B has not run any stories about your past parking difficulties. The reporter informs you in the e-mail that he doesn't plan on running any story about this particular ticket; he's just trying to sort through some facts relating to a previous story of which you were a tangential player.
Which of the following is the worst course of action to take in regard to the reporter's query?
A) Ignore the e-mail and allow this non-story to remain a non-story.
B) Politely reply to the reporter's question emphasizing that you were merely enjoying a public park, like thousands of other State A residents do every day, and you inadvertently let the parking meter expire, thereby allowing this non-story to remain a non-story.
C) Reply to the reporter's question by saying that, while you admire and respect State A's large and vibrant "fancy boy" community, you are not yourself a "fancy boy," allowing this non-story to remain a non-story.
D) Stamp your rhetorical feet with righteous indignation, assailing Newspaper B for having the NERVE to "attack" your family; expressing your anger to everyone who will listen, including filing a complaint against Newspaper B with an NGO press watchdog group, so that Newspaper B is left with little choice than to run that story - a story which would also necessarily include the underlying potentially embarrassing fact that it wasn't going to print in the first place.
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Any guesses as to who would have missed that question?
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