On Thursday, Samsung Electronics Taiwan apologized for posting fake online product reviews, attributing it to "insufficient training" of its marketing staff.
He is pedantically correct, but The Economist is fair in attributing it to him.
Other news outlets began to chase the rumor, in some cases attributing it to CBS.
A senior administration official played down the matter, attributing it to a scheduling conflict.
The provost then contacted the colleague, quoting my report and attributing it to me.
At the time, I thought little about this admission, attributing it to "friends" in my story.
The ministers offered a lukewarm assessment of Russia's economic progress, attributing it to "improved external factors".
He offered little explanation for the increase, attributing it to cost overruns for "certain projects".
He published the information, attributing it to law enforcement officials "speaking only on condition of anonymity".
But he is taking this success in stride, attributing it in part to geography.
They want to blame the poor for the environmental crisis by attributing it to population growth.
