Mark has long supported a particular brand of footwear and has always bought that brand. Recently, the footwear manufacturer was embroiled in a controversy for using child labor at its manufacturing plants. Mark doubts the news reports and continues to purchase the same brand of footwear. It is most accurate to say that Mark displays $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$

Mark has long supported a particular brand of footwear and has always bought that brand. Recently, the footwear manufacturer was embroiled in a controversy for using child labor at its manufacturing plants. Mark doubts the news reports and continues to purchase the same brand of footwear. It is most accurate to say that Mark displays $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$

A$)$ selective distortion

D$)$ selective attention

B$)$ cognitive dissonance

C$)$ selective retention

E$)$ consumer ethnocentrism