Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Both are correct and the reason explains the assertion: a man pulling a loaded truck by his hair becomes news, and this is because unusual things, called oddity, make news and generate public interest.

The assertion in statement 1 gives a striking, out of the ordinary act that the press would report.

The reason in statement 2 names the underlying news value of oddity, the strangeness that draws attention.

Because the truck pulling feat is exactly the kind of oddity described, statement 2 accounts for why statement 1 qualifies as news.

The reason supplies the general principle of which the assertion is a concrete instance, a true cause and effect link.

Oddity or unusualness sits among the classic news values alongside timeliness, proximity, prominence and conflict.