Those quotes are found in a huge number of stories.<p>Sure you can blame them for a rush to publish if you want.  I think mainly they are trying to indicate they reached out to a relevant party and didn&#x27;t hear back. And by saying didn&#x27;t hear back immediately they are making clear that it may well be the party wasn&#x27;t immediately available (not that they were not willing to respond at all).<p>On some (maybe all, I don&#x27;t know) sites, they then update the story if they get responses.