Now Deletes Clip of Ip Kin-yuen Commenting on Suspected CCP Member as HKU Vice-President Candidate; Says Changes Were Made on Grounds of Prudence; Staff: Criteria Cannot Be Explained
刪葉建源評港大副校人選疑為中共黨員片段 Now：基於審慎原則改動 員工：無法解釋準則
Now News issued a statement explaining its earlier removal of a clip in which education-sector Legislative Council member Ip Kin-yuen commented on reports that CCP party committee Max Zuojun Shen would become HKU vice-president. The statement said the decision was based on the “principle of prudence” and that “several editorial changes” had been made. However, a Now News employee told Stand News that the statement still failed to explain the criteria for removing the clip, saying that since supervisor Chan Tit-piu took office, “the news department has run into trouble time and again” and that he was “unable to shirk responsibility.”
《Now 新聞》發出聲明，解釋早前下架教育界立法會議員葉建源，評論中共黨委申作軍傳出任港大副校長的片段。聲明指，決定是基於「審慎原則、作出若干編輯改動」。不過有《Now 新聞》員工向《立場》指，聲明仍然無法解釋下架的準則，直指主管陳鐵彪上任後「三番四次新聞部出事」，是「責無旁貸」。