Brian Stelter

What I always tell people about Trump, or Kellyanne Conway, or Sarah Sanders, is that when you are interviewing these people, it is really more about the interviewer than the interviewee. What I mean by that is that the interviewer has to be ready to interrupt, fact-check, challenge, rebut.

American Journalist

Oliver E. Williamson

The presumption that an extant mode is efficient if the expected net gain is negative can nevertheless be rebutted by showing that the obstacles to implementing an otherwise superior feasible alternative are 'unfair.

American Economist

Jonathan Haidt

While it is useful to rebut charges and get your arguments out in circulation, you have to understand that arguments and evidence have little impact on people as long as their feelings tilt them against you.

American Psychologist

Ben Carson

Illogical thinkers throw names and slurs around because they have no arguments with which to rebut their opponents. Rational people have to keep hammering their points home.

American Scientist

Tom Stoppard

I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation.

English Dramatist

Barton Gellman

Snowden has yet to tell me anything that was a fact that I have been able to rebut or that anybody in the U.S. government I have talked to has been able to rebut.

Prue Leith

I think the BBC likes to have Mary Berry and me around to rebut the charge of ageism.

South African Chef

Use 'rebut' when you need to firmly deny what someone says, especially when you have proof.

Denying Assertions

'Rebut' suggests a strong response or comeback to challenge a statement or belief.

Strong Defense

'Rebut' is stronger than just saying 'no' as it usually involves explaining why the other point is wrong.

Not Merely Denial

In legal or formal debates, 'rebut' means systematically arguing against points made by the other side.

Debate Context

A 'rebuttal' is a typical part of structured arguments, such as those in academic or court settings.

Part of Process

Rebutting is not random disagreement; it follows a logical structure to invalidate the other's claims.

Structured Opposition

 I'm bringing in the end of the world. You know? We were talking about the rapture? It's coming. And Jonathan Jones is making it happen. So the same Guardian rebuts, "Are video games the debate that shouldn't be. Last week, Guardian art critic blah blah suggested

Paola Antonelli: Why I...

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