The phrase "assertion in the article" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific claim or statement made within a written piece, such as a news article, academic paper, or opinion piece.
Example: "The assertion in the article that climate change is primarily caused by human activity has sparked a heated debate among scientists."
Alternatives: "claim in the article" or "statement in the article".
In fairness, The Times should have asked the boat's operators for their response before mentioning Mr. Pironti's assertion in the article.
QUESTION FROM MICHAEL: I was struck by your assertion in the article that people would never accept a system where sports were divided primarily according to criteria other than gender.
I must take issue with the assertion in the article about Dr. Victor Parsonnet (In Person, April 21) that Symphony Hall in Newark is known for its "dreadful acoustics".
One lawyer, Denny Kailimang, noted that the ruling did not validate the assertions in the article.
Mr. Barry is not a defendant in Kraft's suit, despite the assertions in the article.
Despite the denials, Major League Baseball, long suspicious of the clinic's actions, will proceed in the belief that the assertions in the article have merit.
The statement did not address some of the other assertions in the article, including ones that Mr. Bart would sometimes insert fabricated quotations into articles or that he used Variety to play favorites with friends in the entertainment business.
The opinions or assertions in this article are the views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as necessarily reflecting the views of the Swedish Medical Products Agency, where one of the authors is employed.
Chris Broadhurst, an editor on The Times's foreign desk, said he was unable to reach the author of its article, Anthony Loyd, and could not comment on the assertions in the rotten.com article.
The controversy was sparked by Dwight Macdonald's assertion, in an article in the New York Review of Books, that Lubitsch made "The Marriage Circle" as a "facsimile" of Charlie Chaplin's 1923 romantic drama "A Woman of Paris".
Contrary to the assertion in your article, Senator John McCain's health plan is neither "radical" nor "more fundamental than the universal coverage" plan proposed by Senator Barack Obama.
