On the 29th of March, The Malaysian Insight, published an article on titled, “Mid-week Polling Date for GE14?” almost two weeks before the Election Commission confirmed the article’s speculation. Today we ask what lead the portal to publish that story as well as the subsequent fallout as ordinary voters and political parties count the intended and unintended consequence of this move.
Presented by: Melisa Idris, Sharaad Kuttan, Tan Chung Han