Erroneous Inquirer Headline

I feel that it's my duty to point out a glaring (or not-so-glaring) error in the June 13, 2008 headline of The Philippine Daily Inquirer. The headline should've read "Negotiators say abductors chose whom to release." Whom, in this case would refer to the object of the sentence or clause. This is discussed extensively in Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing.

She offers a quick and dirty tip to avoid this confusion: (Thanks a lot, GG!)

"Like whom, the pronoun him ends with m. When you're trying to decide whether to use who or whom, ask yourself if the answer to the question would be he or him. That's the trick: if you can answer the question being asked with him, then use whom, and it's easy to remember because they both end with m. For example, if you trying to ask, 'Who (or whom) do you love?' The answer would be 'I love him.' Him ends with an m, so you know to use whom. But if you are trying to ask, 'Who (or whom) stepped on Squiggly?' the answer would be 'He stepped on Squiggly.' There's no m, so you know to use who. So that's the quick and dirty trick: if you can't remember that you use whom when you are referring to the object of the sentence, just remember that him equals whom."