Doublespeak

If you can't change the rules, and you don't like the truth, then change the facts.

acknowledge

do not confirm

assessment

audit

balanced

arguments are weighted by column inches, not by merit

committed

When you intend to do something, you assign a staff and a budget. When you don't, you say you're committed to do it, and then forget about it.

audit, comprehensive

whitewash

credible

convincingly false (specious)

essentially

not, as in "apples and oranges are essentially the same"

fair

if you believe that, you'll believe anything.

management teams

are usually disconnected and often unaccountable

I was merely...

...trying to find an excuse for acting in bad faith. Also just and only.

undeniable

untrue, but unprovable

peer reviewed

taken out of context, and probably misleading or wrong. See scientific evidence.

not peer reviewed

I don't like it, but there's nothing else wrong with it.

scientific evidence

provided by a lobbyist. Real evidence is called "evidence", and doesn't need a modifier to bolster it.

sound science

Only a questionable report is described as "sound science". Good science is reproducible.