The editor at the time, Rhonda Turner, defended the newspaper and its reporting of the incident.

The editors involved defended their reporters' work as accurate and complete.

The editor rejected the allegation, and defended her reporting as "tough, accurate and fair".

Reporters and editors by and large defend their coverage of Congress this year.

The editors defend the advertisements.

That editor, Amy Harmon, a 20-year-old junior from New York City, defended the articles today.

The discussions often turned angry, as editors, contributors and even visitors rose to mock or defend a given piece.

The editors defended the editorial as satire and criticized the burning as suppression of free speech.

While many editors and others have defended the system, they acknowledge that it is unlikely to detect fraud and is prone to abuse.

The editor of the paper defended the cartoon's publication, saying it was meant to generate discussion.