Good post kpkg I would add F) debate alternative interpretation...

Good post kpkg

I would add
F) debate alternative interpretation of: facts, opinions, behaviour, finance principles - maybe you have grouped (f) under ego?

Good examples of similar relentless attacks on other company's. I was just thinking yesterday, wondering if I could come up with any other company that has suffered so much at the hands of the press based on rumour and distorted facts. I honestly can't think of any. Leighton took a pounding a few years ago by the press supporting short strategies but that was nothing compared to the treatment dished out to Slaters.