Not sure if you ever observed an interesting pattern of 'denial' whenever people in responsible positions are asked about any allegations against them. And it is not just a normal denial. It is always accompanied with conniption fits, with a sense of desperation, with a protest that makes them look like victims. They make it sound as if the biased media is cooking up fantasy stories to show the 'helpless them' in bad light. See below a few such news items from recent press. Note the words highlighted in red.
Families search Pakistan for lost PoWs
For its part, Pakistan denies altogether the presence of Indian military personnel in its jails. But the relatives are not satisfied.
Independent TV channels in Pakistan protest Musharraf decree
Government officials deny the claims of interference. Muhammad Saleem, head of public relations and media at the government agency that regulates the media, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, claimed that the government had nothing to do with the stopping of transmission of news channels. "There is a dispute between the cable operators and media channels," Saleem said. "We have no hand in this. We ourselves don't know what the issues between them are."
Pakistan Denies Troops Traded Gold, Arms With DRC Militia
Chief Pakistani military spokesman Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad said the allegations were “preposterous, malicious and baseless.” “
The last one was a BBC investigation report. Probably doesn't matter. Maybe the training of these bureaucrats includes a lesson on "How to deny convincingly" and hence the source of the story, their credibility doesn't really matter. All one has to do is 'deny'. The press and the readers are anyways stupid who will accept what is said and who will completely believe all that is said.
One funny story goes that at a news conference the bureaucrat went on the dias and before the journalist asked a question, he blurted out, "I completely deny!".
