Mothership’s media accreditation suspended for 6 months after second embargo violation

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The latest embargo violation involved a press statement by the Public Utilities Board (PUB) on the water price hike. The press release was embargoed until 5 pm on Sept 27, but Mothership ran the story at 5 pm on Sept 26, a day earlier.

Mothership said that after discovering the violation, they immediately deleted the story and launched an internal investigation. It emerged that a member of the editorial team failed to comply with editorial protocols and breached additional safeguards put in place last year.The staff who made the error in the latest incident was suspended and MCI initially gave the site until October 11 to make a statement to the ministry.

Mothership’s chief editor Martino Tan responded to MCI’s decision, saying that his team will work hard over the next few months to regain their media accreditation and added that the team has adopted stricter and more precise operating procedures to handle embargo requirements. “We unreservedly apologise to Singaporeans, our stakeholders — especially PUB and MCI — and our industry colleagues for this matter, and for causing such unnecessary trouble at a time when there are more pressing priorities to focus on. I hope our audiences and stakeholders will give us some time to improve, and to once again serve them and their best interests with all our hearts.”

 

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