09-09-2022, 10:56 PM
(09-09-2022, 10:48 PM)Omnipresent Wrote: I guess it depends in part on the definition of embargoed.
Normally you can tell when a story has been embargoed as all outlets report it at the exactly the same time. The BBC may have been forewarned that an announcement was coming, but not given an exact time when they could report it.
And it’s doesn’t have to be a formal ‘being told’ more an implied thing.
For example, as I understand it, everyone in government stopped answering and returning calls around 5.45pm yesterday. And then gradually people come back online, the circle widens (you need to share the news - social media teams, news agency teams, flag teams, privy council) and people hear things so you get a sense even if you don’t know the details in detail (so to speak) or exact timings.
You can ‘know’ without knowing.