MSM pulls the "did not respond to our request for comment" trick all the time.

Often they will reach out to someone they're attacking shortly before a story goes on air. The person doesn't draft a response quick enough and MSM runs that line to make it look like they're pleading the 5th.

Gaetz is a big boy, he could do something about it, but like all lame repuglicans, won’t do a damn thing