> Why aren't they writing "when reached for comments, the company sent some generic statement that we won't bother printing"? Because then they'd have to make

> Why aren't they writing "when reached for comments, the company sent some generic statement that we won't bother printing"? Because then they'd have to make a subjective judgement about what is substantive and what is not. If they go there, then it's the journalists that get accused of bias.