The editor killed the reporter's story about the council chairman. In the register of journalism, this means the story was
Apublished on the front page
Bshortened to fit the page
Csent to another newspaper
Dwithdrawn and not publishedCORRECT
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In newsroom usage, to kill a story is to cancel it so that it does not appear in print or online. Shortening a story is described as cutting or trimming it, and giving it prominence is running it on the front page, so those readings do not fit.
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