Visualizing the Special Counsel’s Silence

13 representations of “Peter Carr declined to comment.”

Since the appointment last May of Robert Mueller as Special Counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference, I’ve been fascinated by how many times the investigation’s spokesperson, Peter Carr, has refused to comment on a breaking story.

Following Peter Stone and Greg Gordon’s story for McClatchey from Friday, April 13th, I sought to create visualizations of the stories I’d seen where Carr claimed, “no comment,” by creating redactions-in-reverse of the stories in their original form.

Below, all 13 stories, arranged chronologically.

— MDM 20180415

Sources:

1 — Trump-Russia special prosecutor Mueller taps spokesman

2 — “Mueller’s office declined to comment.”

3 — “Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller, declined to comment.”

Sources:

4 — “Mueller’s spokesman, Peter Carr, declined to comment.”

5 — “Carr also declined to comment Dailymail.com.”

6 — “Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller, declined to comment.”

Sources:

7 — “Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller, declined to comment on the Times report.”

8 — “Peter Carr, a spokesman for the special counsel’s office, declined to comment.”

9 — “Peter Carr, a spokesman for the special counsel’s office, declined to comment.”

Sources:

10 — “the special counsel’s office declined to comment”

11 — “A spokesman for Mueller’s office did not immediately return a call seeking comment.”

12 — “Peter Carr, Mueller’s spokesperson, declined to comment.”

13 — “Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller’s office, declined comment.”