1. In both cases he had been chosen as critic by Eugenio Scalfari , first for the weekly and then for the daily edition .
2. In both cases , he had been selected by Eugenio Scalfari as a critic , first for the daily newspaper and then for the weekly edition .

Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Choose your answer from:
*no;
*yes;...I think the answer is
no