It seems pretty clever not to comment to reporters.
Statements help writers get best story Imagine if everyone refused to comment for news stories.
The Index would have very short, if any, stories. During my brief time as a news reporter, I've had several sources refuse to comment about the story in which they were involved. For instance, I wrote a story concerning a student who was diagnosed with a form of meningitis last semester. When I called his parents to find out how he was doing, they refused to say anything. Then I wrote a story about the decline in gas prices last semester.