Yes, I understand correctly. And I am strongly against this format. It gives the Mafia too much room for maneuver and makes the town's chances of winning zero.

in the end, it all resulted in player dissatisfaction

Were the players unhappy that the GM was making uninformative newspapers? Great idea, I'll remove all information from the newspapers, leaving only notes, let the Mafia lie as much as they want and pull the wool over people's eyes, because it will be impossible to check their lies based on the newspaper.