Obama criticizes mine owner, orders safety review

In the article "Obama cricizes mine order, orders safety review", the president discusses the poor safety administer by the mining industry, specifically Mass Energy Company. On April 5th a terrible accident occured in West Virgina, killing 29 people. Obama criticized the owner due to the fact that safety regulations were not inforced. This incident was the worst mining accident in forty years. When the mining company came back to defend themselves they used the process of denial. As discussed in class there are five methods used. The response to these accusations was denial. The company stated "We fear that the president has been misinformed about our record and the mining industry in general." They proceeded to disagree with violations made agaist the company and explain they are looking for the truth on what caused the incident. They explained they are willing to work with the government in order to reach the truth for the cause. However, the company is denying any fault for the cause of this incident. Obama later explains "we know what can cause mine explosions and we know how to prevent them. So I refuse to accept any number of miner deaths as simply a cost of doing business." Given the circumstances I agree with Obama. For such a serious incident to occur there must have been safety violations violated. I believe the mining company used denial in hopes to aviod taking responsibility for th 29 deaths. A better statement could have been used, explaining how they will change their company and the methods used to prevent any other additional accidents.