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No-Comment Strategy

The deliberate choice to decline comment on a story — to deny it oxygen, avoid legal exposure, or preserve a future statement window.

The deliberate choice to decline comment on a story — either to deny the story oxygen, avoid legal exposure, or preserve a future statement window. Default for ongoing Litigation PR, active SEC investigations, and personnel matters. Different from a Holding Statement — no-comment says nothing on purpose. The Twenty-Four-Hour Rule still applies: silence is itself a message.

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