Abramson responded by stating that the Fox News review "distorts and takes what I wrote totally out of context" and praised the Times along with The Washington Post for their "superb coverage of the corruption enveloping the Trump administration, the best investigative reporting I've seen."
Abramson countered by asserting that the Fox News review misrepresented his statements and took them out of context, while praising The Times and The Washington Post for their "excellent coverage" of corruption within the Trump administration, which he considered to be the most thorough investigative reporting he had seen.