Omar 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. Omar doubts the news reports and continues to purchase the same brand of footwear. It is most accurate to say that Omar displays

a$.$ cognitive dissonance

b$.$ selective retention

c$.$ selective attention

d$.$ selective distortion

e$.$ consumer ethnocentrism