(Eagle News)–Inquirer.net on Friday, Sept. 6, issued a public apology over its social media reports on Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo’s referral of Antonio Sanchez’s executive clemency bid.
The online news outfit, whose Sept. 3 reports on Twitter and Facebook described Panelo’s referral of Sanchez family’s letter of request to the Board of Prisons and Parole as a recommendation, issued the apology days after Panelo said he would sue it and Rappler over the “malicious” reports.
The outfit said it posted Panelo’s clarification upon receipt of his statement.
“The updated reports stated that he merely referred the request of Sanchez’s family to Bayang,” Inquirer.net said.
Below is Inquirer.net’s public apology as posted on its website:
“Inquirer.net apologizes for reporting on its social media platform that Secretary Salvador Panelo wrote a letter to BPP executive director Reynaldo Bayang recommending executive clemency for ex-Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez. Inquirer.net posted Secretary Panelo’s clarification upon receipt of his statement on the matter. The updated reports stated that he merely referred the request of Sanchez’s family to Bayang.”
Rappler, for its part, has stood by its story.
