Today's the day editors of newspapers who got caught out by bad information yesterday try to explain what went wrong. Jay Rosen rounds up some of the explanations. And L.A. Observed illuminates how the L.A. Times, for one, got it right with a memo from Assistant Managing Editor John Arthur:

1) we closed the paper at 11 [pm] with news that most miners were alive.

2) we stopped presses at 12:10 [am] when we heard that was incorrect -- all but one were dead.

3) Marcy Springer, Alex Brown and Michael Edwards led charge to retool the page with new story and art and we went in with a new front at 12:45 a.m.

4) Pressroom called back all trucks that had left. Thousands of papers were thrown out. We're awaiting final number.

5) As a result ALL printed copies of the paper in California had the correct, updated report. Delivery to subscribers was significantly delayed but complaints were minimal, says Circulation.

6) The NewspaperDirect fax paper, with its limited circulation in NY, DC and elsewhere, got the original front with the "miners alive" story. This front also was posted on some media websites and is being cited in stories today. We've pulled that PDF off the website and we are trying to get the actual front page up.

Thanks to everyone who made this happen. No paper looks as good as we do today.

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