USA Today Editor Defends Story

Our sources have told us they think we got it right %u2014 they know we%u2019ve got it right,%u201D Paulson says. %u201CAnd they reiterated that what they told us is what showed up in the newspaper.%u201D

%u2026%u201CWe were surprised because we had been talking to both companies for literally weeks,%u201D Paulson says. %u201CThey knew this story was being written. They knew what we were going to say. And frankly, they took some time in deciding how to craft a response.