"And why bother incorporating the response from the C of S spokesperson in your story, rather you relegate it to a link. "

First of all, the author did use quotes from this response in the article. Second, rather than just leave it at quotes, he gives readers the opportunity to read the ENTIRE RESPONSE, a very large document, rather than just use a few quotes and then leave it at that. I thought this was more than fair. It's more like getting a whole other entire article for Scientology to defend themselves in, written by a top ranking Scientologist. More than fair.