Any of these three theses might have been regarded as a defensible statement of the subject-matter of what was called 'metaphysics' until the seventeenth century.
It's not a defensible statement.
We believe, based on information supplied by our sources, that CBS lied to us when they denied sending, or at least intending to send, the data to the RIAA, and that they subsequently asked us to attribute the quote to Last.fm to make the statement defensible.
The case highlights the complexities in comment cases in which, invariably, it is argued that the offending statement is defensible as opinion with the claimant countering that it is a statement of fact.
Although this statement is defensible, the confounding results regarding CRP levels should be clarified.
Using Australian-specific physiotherapy professional and statutory regulatory requirements as data sources means that the statements provide a robust, defensible position on the current requirements of study at UWS.
As for Hansen, his use of qualifiers like "virtually" and "in the US" means that his statement may be factually defensible, but it is intellectually dishonest because it implies an absence of independent research.
Lewis says in his PCC complaint (PDF, published by ClimateProgress.org) that he told The Sunday Times "the IPCC statement itself was scientifically defensible and correct, merely that [it used] the incorrect reference... To state otherwise is to materially mislead the reader".
People like Kantoos or Tyler Cowen start from the presumption that when people with the right credentials, like Cochrane, or Jean-Claude Trichet, or Robert Lucas make strong statements, that they must have a defensible model behind their assertions.
The Washington Post's "Fact Checker" blog described this as "an excellent example of an ad that has a series of statements that individually might be factually defensible, but overall the impression is misleading".
