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Saturday, November 12, 2005
Paraphrase presented asdirect quote
An irked Mayor Tomas Osmeña yesterday said he will sue Sun.Star Cebu for libel for allegedly fabricating and attributing to him a “malicious and false statement.”
He denied having issued a statement during a news conference last Thursday, which came out in Sun.Star’s front page yesterday. The story was headlined “Vigilante-style murder victim 103 gunned down near Metro Cathedral.”
He referred to the quote, “Why go after vigilantes who go after criminals?”
Reporter Rene H. Martel’s notes and submitted story both contain the exact quote: “Use all resources to run after vigilantes to protect the rights of criminals? You like that? I don’t.”
Because of a miscommunication, a restatement of what the editors thought the mayor meant was made to appear as a direct quote. The editors of Sun.Star Cebu apologize for the unintended mistake.
(November 12, 2005 issue)
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