Why are you hiding behind the press release? How can you expect to be taken seriously with anything else you might do in this space in the future?
Non disclosure agreements aside you should be able to man up and apologise for the misleading information you gave without any mealy mouthed "if you were offended" or "per the press release" bullshit.
Until you do you should not expect anything you say to eg taken seriously.
I'm not hiding behind the press release. I am qualifying that I am only commenting on publicly available information and not disclosing anything confidential.