When one reads the narrative, one must conclude the Public Information Officer may have been on days off.

When one wants to correct articles that have been printed, after midnight is not the time to do it, with the only possible exception being, if the journalist is at the office as a matter of work hours.

It's like an emergency?  How?

Thankfully, there's training for this at the Emergency Management Institute


E388 Advanced Public Information Officer - May 21 - 24 - - - -
E388 Advanced Public Information Officer - - June 18 - 21 - - -
E388 Advanced Public Information Officer - - - July 30 - Aug 2 - -
E388 Advanced Public Information Officer - - - - - September 24 - 27


and

at the Center for Domestic Preparedness

MGT-902 March 11-16
MGT-902 May 20-25



Police chief sends sergeant to reporter’s home after midnight to demand article revision | Poynter.:

OH ... and it apparently WAS the Public Information Officer who was sent.