Non-response after multiple attempts by a news outlet to contact or non-response after the news outlet waits a reasonable amount of time to receive a reply are just as much refusal to comment as is outright saying тАЬno commentтАЭ. Pillar usually indicates in their article if they have given a respondent a short interval to respond due to a breaking nature of a story.
This is concerning, and frankly, really really frustrating
Does "declined to comment" mean "we haven't heard back from them (yet)" or does it mean "they responded 'no comment'"?
Non-response after multiple attempts by a news outlet to contact or non-response after the news outlet waits a reasonable amount of time to receive a reply are just as much refusal to comment as is outright saying тАЬno commentтАЭ. Pillar usually indicates in their article if they have given a respondent a short interval to respond due to a breaking nature of a story.