The phrase "actually pointed out" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to emphasize that something was specifically mentioned or highlighted by someone.
Example: "In her presentation, she actually pointed out the flaws in the current system that needed addressing."
Alternatives: "specifically noted" or "clearly indicated".
Instead of similarities, the exchange actually pointed out an important difference between the two mayors: in one of the nation's most congested cities, Mr. Bloomberg is making the battle against gridlock one of his administration's top priorities.
That said, I couldn't help by wonder whether the story I am telling would have been absolutely different if the officer actually pointed out that I can't park there instead of waiting for me to leave and happily sticking me with the ticket.
Well, hey, any religion always looks hilarious to outsiders, as Robert A. Heinlein actually pointed out a long time ago ("One man's religion is another man's belly laugh").
Despite the excellent Manhunt being a game where you play a muscled guy in a vest who gropes other muscled guys in vests in alleyways, nobody has actually pointed out that the whole "stealth" genre may be a training tool/masturbation aid for in-the-closet homosexual men.
…But [the baseline interviewer] was the one who actually pointed out chronic doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to die.' I: No.
So how value gets created, one of the things I'm trying to do is actually point out there are issues, the dilemmas about how people get paid.
"But since there is one case, we have to be very careful as it might actually point out its source of infection, which might give rise to another case".
What I was actually pointing out was you can be there for arelatively short period of time and still get sick and still beconsidered in the category of people who are at risk.
Ten years ago you could still actually point out signs and things from 'Sweet Smell.' " "Sweet Smell of Success" began life in the late 40's as a long magazine article, but made a bigger splash as a film generally presumed to be a savage profile of the savage Walter Winchell of The New York Daily Mirror.
Anyway, these Norwegians take the Top Gear style and walk away actually pointing out the virtues of a mass produced electric car.
It's notable that a Google employee actually points out the heavy-handedness of the memo on the thread, mentioning that this would look bad for Google if leaked to the San Francisco Chronicle or Valleywag.
