How do you remember it? Because the parents recollection matches mine. The media kicked up a storm over it but they held a massive press conference, apologised (somewhat) and offered free cases to everyone to solve the issue.
Yea, looks like the "You are holding it wrong" part was deliberately left out.
And with good reason. That was never said by Apple. They simply explained why it happened (people's hands touching various parts and messing with the antennae). The media created that whole "You're holding it wrong" thing.