As a governmental report, the herald was not a neutral source as it did not publish any information that was detrimental to the image of the North Borneo government (in the form of the Court of London) or to the share price of the North Borneo Chartered Company.
Als Periodikum der Regierung war der Herald keine neutrale Quelle, da er keinerlei Informationen publizierte, die in irgendeiner Weise dem Image der Regierung Nordborneos (in Form des Court of Directors in London) oder dem Aktienkurs der North Borneo Chartered Company abträglich waren.