"countered the criticism" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to respond to or argue against a critical comment or remark. Example: The CEO countered the criticism of the company's new policy by presenting data that supported its effectiveness.
Mr. Brown has countered the criticism by assailing Mr. Sanchez as unqualified.
Penn himself countered the criticism of the violence in the film by saying that television news reports of the Vietnam War showed far worse images.
He countered the criticism by wringing a reluctant but public apology of sorts from Dostum - the first such acknowledgement of civil-war-era wrongs.
That has been a terrific initiative, which widened the audience and countered the criticism that even subsidised art is too expensive.
Ahmed, in his letter, countered the criticism of the Saudi military action, saying Riyadh had set up a "a high-level independent committee, in the field of weapons and international humanitarian law, to assess the incidents, authentication of procedures and the used targeting mechanism to develop it".
Other scholars engaged in comparative explorations of thought-systems of various African peoples countered the criticism by providing accounts of a number of such systems that gave clear evidence of their very capable and developed rationality (Forde 1954; Fortes 1965).
Rwanda has gone on the offensive to counter the criticism.
Henderson provides the best argument to counter the criticism.
Seeking to counter the criticism, the company released a statement on Thursday ticking off everyday consumer products "with specific ingredients in common with Corexit 9500".
But will such statements effectively counter the criticism of Mr. Obama from the likes of Cory Booker, the Democratic mayor of Newark?
To counter the criticism, the king recently announced an increase in civil service pay and $125 million in subsidies for basic goods and fuel.
