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“We are revamping newsroom processes to better inform and serve our readers and stakeholders,” the Philippine Daily Inquirer said in a statement tweeted to Coconuts Manila a few minutes ago.
“In our April 29, 2015 issue, the Philippine Daily Inquirer ran an erroneous headline. We deeply regret the aggravation this may have caused Mary Jane Veloso’s family.”
That headline was “Death came before dawn.” But Inquirer wasn’t alone in running misleading headlines — “PNOY IS TO BLAME”, screamed Standard, “All hopes fade,” wrote Manila Times, while it was “Farewell, Mary Jane” for Abante.
While news of the cancelled midnight execution came too late for most Filipino newspapers rushing to put out their final print editions, their radio and digital counterparts managed to not drop the ball.
“Our mobile, radio, social and web platforms were able to report Mary Jane’s last-minute reprieve,” points out Inquirer. “We promise our readers to do a better job.”
With a report from AFP.
