Also from the RSN discussion: 

  
 It does not matter if you were in Paris or on the Moon , if it were a "widely reported" controversy, we would see it in more places than blogs or Venezuelanalyisis. If we add the GOV response, it its not sweeping it under the rug as we give the POV of the other direct party, but you and other users disagree with that too. It would be like if there were a police officer that would arrest a well-known celebrity for drunk driving and the police officer was "let go" from their job. We don't let 100 of those fans of the celebrity write a letter defending the drunk driving accusations become a good reason to criticize the police officer's actions, even more if the defending letter were not "widely reported" and the letter was found on websites supporting the celebrity. You said, "if the consensus doesn't go my way, I will relent". I think we have bigger fish to fry now Againstdisinformation.