Did Mediacorp just make a major leak? Look at the title of the page in this screenshot.

From Alex Au of yawningbread.org

Did Mediacorp cock up and let the cat out of the bag? Is a general election this year confirmed?

Look at this screen shot from 9:36 pm, Thursday, 19 February 2009. When I saw it, I called Choo Zheng Xi of The Online Citizen immediately and he got exactly the same page, so that I have a witness. He took a screen shot too.

What about it? Look at the page title -– it says “General Election 2009″. The contents though are from 2006. Ask yourself: Why would a page from 2006 carry a title that references 2009?

The only explanation I can think of is that Mediacorp is preparing all their websites to support an election. The easiest thing to do, as any webmaster knows, is to recycle previously designed pages.

So that’s what’s happening -– they are in the process of updating and recycling, but forgot that the pages are still “live”. As a result, we can see the work in progress.

But if there is work in progress, does it mean the election is a sure thing?

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