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...free to provide its readers a full report on the issue without any interference from the business side of the magazine or any inclination to restrain its coverage because Coke is a sponsor,” he wrote.But while Coke gets a full page in the magazine to rebut allegations, the company’s opponents don’t get a similar space to make their case. The magazine includes a poll of 100 New York University students in which 47 percent express opposition to their university’s December decision to remove Coke from campus, while just...
...President Bush took questions from graduate students Monday, one of them raised a touchy subject that he had not yet publicly addressed - a court filing last week revealing that he had personally authorized the use of pre-war intelligence to rebut an administration critic. Bush said he would not talk about the court case of former White House aide I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, citing "a serious investigation." But the President did say why the White House had released part of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq when it was under attack by former ambassador Joseph Wilson and others...
...harm done to the plaintiff's reputation "is even more rarely explored." Nine times out of ten, after going to tremendous expense, the newspaper wins but often on grounds that seem a technicality to the public. In the Lakian case, the truth was addressed, and Lakian was unable to rebut the strongest charges made by the paper. Still, he claimed vindication. Few plaintiffs any longer "sue to win," the Iowa study concludes, "they win by suing...
...Delay's efforts to mobilize conservative groups to rebut Democratic attacks on him: "I think they are trying to shore up the base. It suggests they have some concerns. I don't think it suggests there's been any major shift. But they are concerned it may be starting to penetrate beyond the Beltway or they wouldn't be doing this...
...Defend thyself. Despite the conventional wisdom that Democrats have finally learned to respond to the opposition—and despite specific promises from the candidate—for much of the spring and summer, John Kerry failed to rebut the Republican attacks that everyone knew were coming. Rather than decide—following Iowa and New Hampshire victories—to divert twenty percent of his campaign to general election research and planning, Kerry continued to focus exclusively on beating primary challengers he had already defeated. And when the inevitable March deluge of Bush-Cheney liberal/flip-flopper/weak-on-security ads swamped the airwaves...