[Zhang Fei]

Well, that simply doesn’t ring true, because they have press conferences and reporters ask questions. They’re *already* spending the time answering these kinds of questions. And they sure did spend a *lot of time* doing that, during the time that it was *news* — and it continued to be news for a significant amount of time. So, the statement that they’re “too busy” with other things belies what actually happened in all these press conferences and questions by reporters. They *were spending time* doing these things...

People at press conferences simply repeat what they've been told by the units they represent. Do commanding generals ask their troops to carry out CSI missions in the mid-battle - something for which most troops aren't even trained? If they did, I'd be worried about their competence.

[Star Traveler]

You said — “People at press conferences simply repeat what they’ve been told by the units they represent. Do commanding generals ask their troops to carry out CSI missions in the mid-battle - something for which most troops aren’t even trained? If they did, I’d be worried about their competence.”

They have plenty of time afterwards to do all that they need to do. As it stands now, they’re simply shown to be fools in the press because they didn’t get it straight, and then continued it until *someone else* has to call them to account. If you’re going to come out with a *false story* in the beginning — then it pays for *that person* to be the one to correct it. If someone else has to correct it, then it makes the original source of the story look like a liar...