Like his MRC colleagues, Noyes failed to acknowledge Pierce's side of the story or how others saw it as criticism rather than complement -- even though the critical aspect of the quote is apparent in its context from the excerpt Noyes published.
It is this sort of careful criticism, rather than wholesale condemnation, that the industry needs.
Because "Savage Reprisals" is literary criticism rather than history, it treads on more ambiguous territory than does Gay's previous work.
As a result, Ms. Melka-Teichroew said, "you learn to work with the criticism rather than just feel bad".
"I might be taking a conservative approach," Mr. Rodriguez said, "but I'll take that criticism, rather than be unprepared in the event of a disaster".
Most of the book, however, involves Barnes turning his keen wit and elegant phrasing to literary and film criticism rather than to the world around him.
Too often, the patient complaints system is treated as a process, in an attempt to deflect criticism rather than confront problems.
Even air power's staunchest advocates say the service suffers from a culture of superiority, one that deflects criticism rather than embraces it.
And, interestingly, for those people who indicated that it would change their behaviour, surveillance was usually associated with more criticism rather than less.
"What he said was unfortunately seen as a criticism rather than an observation that probably has some basis in fact," Professor Muzzio said.
