So right. I am a lawyer and have no understanding of why adversaries refuse to comment when called by the press on stories that get that level of attention. I always comment, and get the spin going my client's way. It's part of what I'm paid to do.

Okay, I actually do understand: The refusal to comment is old-fashioned thinking. Lawyers don't want to say anything they "don't have to" say, i.e., they save their words for their submissions and arguments. But in this day and age, where your client's interests may indeed be heavily influenced by press coverage, this attitude makes no sense -- except where anything the lawyer would say would only make things worse. Which, indeed, is how readers perceive "no comment."