{
  "id": 4158821,
  "title": "Bloomberg’s decision not to appeal High Court decision shows it knew article was “full of falsehoods”: Shanmugam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/bloombergs-decision-not-to-appeal-high-court-decision-shows-it-knew",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T09:52:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times",
    "slug": "straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/bloombergs-decision-not-to-appeal-high-court-decision-shows-it-knew-article-was-full-of-falsehoods"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Senior Minister of Home Affairs K. Shanmugam, in a Facebook post on Aug 29, stated that Bloomberg's decision not to appeal the High Court's ruling that the financial news provider and its journalist maliciously defamed Cabinet ministers K. Shanmugam and Tan See Leng revealed the publication's true assessment of its case's legal merits. The High Court had awarded the ministers $230,000 each in damages on July 14, ruling that they had been maliciously defamed by Bloomberg and its journalist. The judge found that the article by Bloomberg's journalist Low De Wei contained falsehoods and had been published with malice, which means ill-will, spite, or improper motive. Bloomberg's removal of the paywall for the article and its admission of the article's falsehoods demonstrated malice, according to the judge. Shanmugam noted that Bloomberg had also been subject to a Pofma order from December 2024 pointing out various falsehoods in the same article, further indicating its knowledge of the article's inaccuracies.",
  "summary": "The last day for appeal was Aug 27 and financial news provider Bloomberg did not file an appeal.",
  "key_points": [
    "Bloomberg decided not to appeal High Court ruling on defamation.",
    "Court awarded ministers $230,000 each in damages on July 14.",
    "Bloomberg removed paywall and admitted article contained falsehoods."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}