Often times they engage in making selective statements and ommitting even more important statements. This thread is a prime example. A result was discussed but there was no mention of how the result was achieved. Obviously how the result was achieved could not be mentioned by the party writing it, but only a spin person would mention a result when they can't disclose at this juncture how the result was achieved.
Even more troubling was the mention in another post on the thread that there were no lawsuits from the probe leading most people to believe well no lawsuits and probe dropped, end of story and hopefully no further questions or statements made about the matter by posters.
When pressed further about a settlement, which in most cases come before any lawsuit it's obvious there are things they themselves can't say but felt compelled to answer "correct" that probes are dropped when settlements are made. In the face of the seeing of that written statement, I think they felt full disclosure instead of selective disclosure was the right path. This IMO was achieved by just saying "correct" to a statement and without them saying it themselves.
Sadly, spin, obfuscation are the name of the game sometimes in the corporate world when a product is having trouble gaining traction or a company has a business plan that may not be working.
