Evasion Strategies

S/N

Detailed Evasion Types

Number

Percentage

Overt Evasion Strategies

1

acknowledge the question without answering it (refuse answering)

19

38.78%

2

question and attack the question

6

12.24%

3

say the question has already been answered

5

10.20%

4

apologize

0

0

5

attack the journalist

4

8.16%

Total

34

69.39%

Covert Evasion Strategies

6

make a political point

6

12.24%

7

provide an incomplete answer

3

6.12%

8

ignore the question

3

6.12%

9

repeat the answer to the previous question

3

6.12%

Total

15

30.61%