The phrase 'confront criticism' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe the process of dealing with criticism in a direct manner by responding to it or by addressing the issue. For example: "She was determined to confront criticism head-on and prove her worth."
Newton was unable rationally to confront criticism.
In her last three runs for office -- for vice president in 1984 and for the United States Senate in the primaries of 1992 and 1998 -- Ms. Ferraro had to confront criticism that she was not releasing her tax returns or hindering access to this information.
And as Mr. Romney works to move beyond one of the most turbulent periods of his candidacy, in a week dominated by the disclosure of remarks in which he said that 47 percent of Americans do not pay taxes and see themselves as victims, he is starting to confront criticism from some in his party who worry that his troubles will affect their own races.
In newspaper and magazine articles he confronts criticism head on.
For years, the foundation has confronted criticism that it was too insular, often skipping bestselling authors in favor of unknowns.
He took things a stage further with FML, on which he confronted criticism about his new approach head on, rapping about people wanting to see the "old me".
The Charter Revision Commission, confronting criticism of its push for nonpartisan elections, issued a 42-page rebuttal yesterday to claims that the switch would lower voter participation.
But with his next feature, "Intolerance," Griffith confronted criticism head-on as only an artist intoxicated by his chosen medium could: with bolder filmmaking, bigger stories and, of course, giant elephant statues and throngs of Babylonian dancers.
In fact, even as the mayor confronted criticism on the pension issue, he was being attacked by firefighters who objected to his absence from the recent funerals and memorial services of firefighters who died on Sept. 11.
MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin confronted criticism over his decision to seek a return to the presidency next year, warning in a television interview shown on Monday of a return to the volatility of previous decades should Russia swerve from its current course.
On Monday, confronting criticism of the committee for picking up a $2,000 tab for donors and staff at a West Hollywood strip and bondage club, Mr. Steele said in response to a question on "Good Morning America" on ABC that he and President Obama were being held to tougher standards because they were black.
