When do journalists get the green light for articles to be published? **Title edited by MNHQ**

[lborgia]

I'm pretty sure I only got to read it because I'm in Sydney so it's early Saturday morning here.

Interesting piece which was obviously supposed to be the weekend lead, and when I went back to it to find a link in the article, the whole thing had been withdrawn.

If you're publishing something that contentious, surely you check first? Journalist must be gutted.

Does anyone know, is a legal department automatically involved in revealing stories, or do they just expect you to have done your background?!

@donquixotedelamancha

They’ve just messed up the embargo, that’s all. If I’m understanding your question correctly given your extremely garbled and unclear posts so far, OP.

Most stories aren't legalled before publication and all journalists are trained in media law (at least they were in my day). This one could well have been but I expect will reappear online, plus the Indie is already carrying it

I work on newspapers. When you write a story there’s a box for the embargo you want to put on it. Sometimes it doesn’t save the changes and the story goes online at the wrong time. So you go back into it and change the embargo again and save it.

Pretty sure that’s probably what’s happened here tbh.

Ah - didn’t think about embargo. Yes - most likely explanation. Wait till midnight!

Thank you @JaniceBattersby that's really helpful. Unlike Simone de beauvoir. I suspect the names explain everything about your useful reply and Simone's fucking rude contribution. Hope it made her feel good, the condescending cow. Bizarre that a dozen other posters understood perfectly.

Lol at the names

Amazing how much your written communication improves when you’re insulting someone! 🤣 glad to be of help, have a nice day sweetie xx

Ouch that last post is so rude OP! Much worse than what the previous poster wrote!

@Shirleyphallus - you've really made me think - I went back to what we both wrote.

I think I reacted in that way under provocatione. Her post was incredibly personal and unpleasant without provocation, just smug.

My whole post started as "thinking out loud". Others helped me find the answer.