为了避免误会，公司马上发表声明澄清事实。

Wèile bìmiǎn wùhuì, gōngsī mǎshàng fābiǎo shēngmíng chéngqīng shìshí.

To avoid misunderstanding, the company immediately issued a statement to clarify the facts.

我想先澄清一下，刚才的话不是在批评你。

Wǒ xiǎng xiān chéngqīng yíxià, gāngcái de huà bú shì zài pīpíng nǐ.

I want to clarify first that what I just said was not criticizing you.