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  • From: John Iwaniszek <not AT hotmail.com>
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: Miner story in the press
  • Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 02:28:49 GMT

Duncan Murrell wrote:

> True, true, and it applies to the company as well. My understanding
> is that company officials knew they had the message screwed up within
> an hour of having spread the word that the miners were alive. Before
> 1 a.m. they knew that they didn't really know what had happened. Had
> they said that right then, instead of a few hours later, the papers
> would have had a shot at getting it right. And, of course, they
> wouldn't have been such gutless, evil pricks to the families.
>
> d
>
>

I think that it is possible that the N&O knew the story was wrong while it
was still being printed.




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