Agreed. They know better or should have known better. Not only was it unprofessional for them to run their own program outside of the NTSB's, but they've undoubtedly harmed their own people by being tossed as a party to the investigation.
And yet, six paragraphs into this release, the NTSB recanted the exact piece of "factual" information they refused to recant initially - which resulted in the union holding the press conference to begin with.
The transcripts of the telephone call should be hitting the wire(s) shortly. Will be interesting to see how that is spun as well...