Instead of saying "In our interview, which was explicitly introduced as an edited transcript, we made edits for clarity and length....." and then talked about c

Instead of saying "In our interview, which was explicitly introduced as an edited transcript, we made edits for clarity and length....." and then talked about consulting with PG's PR person, a proper apology should have been along the lines of "For the sake of clarity, we sometimes edit for length but, in this case, it is clear that a word that was removed changed the meaning intended. Even though our process involved consultation with PG's PR person, in the end the responsibility for accuracy is ours and we failed. For this, we apologize."