Enough of these rationalizations for the company's ineffectiveness. Laying low clearly isn't working. If it's the "cabal" you're worried about, bring in a CEO that will fight fire with fire. Not a spineless one who hides and takes 3 days to come up with a mediocre response to a hit piece.
When you have a data release coming out, you should already have a written response ready to go for the detractors. They hit... bam hours later you hit right back. All hands on deck. We've seen their playbook on previous releases, so why isn't Missling ever prepared? In the words of the Godfather, we need a wartime consigliere.