Miss out on

I'm wondering if "miss out on" could be used in my sentence.

The newspapers that published a controversial letter by John Pollack missed out on an important detail, namely that the letter had never been sent and was stolen by the writer's ex, who gave it to the press as an act of revenge.

I would say:

overlooked an important detail

Or, perhaps:

missed an important detail

How about missed one important detail?

No, missed out on is not appropriate there.

Apparently, jutfrank prefers the direct approach.

Tarheel said:

Apparently, jutfrank prefers the direct approach.

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That's sometimes the best approach, right?