[Magi604]

It is. Sometimes the writer will add "didn't respond before press time" to give a little more context, but most readers won't grasp what that could really mean (like the reporter might have contacted them 15 mins before press time)

[sp0rk]

Do you have any examples of stories where one of the subjects was contacted, wanted to respond, but didn't have enough time?

[whis-kiss]

Here's a current story. No idea of this news source but it is widespread. CNN is in a defamation lawsuit directly related to not waiting for a response to straighten out facts.

https://freebeacon.com/media/navy-veteran-suing-cnn-for-defa...

(To the tune of 1b in dmgs and it doesn't look good for CNN)