Jeanne Edwards works as a campaign manager at Rainforest Alliance Trust, a forest protection organization in Indonesia. She is currently working on the Palm Oil Campaign which aims at establishing stringent laws against companies which aggravate deforestation to extract palm oil for commercial use. Her role is to establish allies with other forest protection organizations and companies which use eco-friendly products that set good examples for other companies to follow. Jeanne allied with Griffin and Powell, a large multinational company, which, unknown to Jeanne, also has strong ties with local logging groups in Jakarta. Which of the following, if true, would strengthen the argument that Jeanne had an availability bias while establishing an ally with the company?
A) Rainforest Alliance Trust has strong networks with local environmental research organizations.
B) Jeanne is well acquainted with various research techniques.
C) Jeanne has access to environmental records maintained by the Information Ministry.
D) Griffin and Powell ensures that all their CSR initiatives on forests are regularly and substantially publicized.
E) Jeanne has adequate experience in leading such campaigns.

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The fact that Griffin and Powell ensures that all their CSR initiatives on forests are regularly and substantially publicized suggests that Jeanne may have been influenced by the positive image the company portrays regarding environmental protection, rather than thoroughly researching their actual practices and ties with logging groups. This supports the argument that she had an availability bias while establishing an ally with the company. Choices A, B, C, and E are not related to the issue of availability bias and do not strengthen the argument.

Jeanne Edwards Works as a Campaign Manager at Rainforest Alliance