Dear oh dear - this is certainly going the way of all threads on this now diminished site.
Rather than all chase after shadows of '5 degrees is not right' and 'recovery from that sort of stall needs to be tested', let's remind ourselves that the setting of ANY pitch attitude is a temporary measure followed by 'levelling off' (if appropriate) and applying the QRH, AND that it is pretty widely accepted, I think, that had sufficient forward stick been applied the nose would have lowered and the aircraft would have been unstalled.
If anyone can find a contradiction to both of those, please post a reference or can we get on with useful discussion now?