Select the phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same as expressed in the statement sentences.
There was a jobs report that U.S. News & World Report said February was the “single best month since mid-2016 ”. Still, NBC’s Nightly News and ABC’s World News Tonight failed to do a full story on the jobs situation.
1. Failing to do a full story
2. In spite of a jobs report
3. As a consequence of a jobs report
1
Only 1
2
Only 2
3
Only 3
4
Both 2 and 3
5
Both 1 and 2