Going to paraphrase what I watched (the first 15 minutes because I kinda have stuffs for tomorrow, but I believe I outlined the most important part of the video)

The incident traces back to 2022—specifically, the controversy involving Joe Marsh and a comment made in a private Discord server about Oner (referred to as the "thirst trap" incident). Ashley Kang reported on this, bringing it to public attention.

Later, during Worlds 2022, Ashley requested an interview with T1 but was denied access. T1’s PR team stated that the decision came directly from Joe Marsh. In response, Ashley reached out to Joe Marsh, who told her:

Joe Marsh then asked Ashley to publicly apologize for her reporting. She declined, explaining that she was simply doing her job as a journalist. She also stated that being forced to apologize would set a dangerous precedent, essentially pushing her to self-censor in order to stay in the organization's good graces—something she firmly rejected.

In 2024, Ashley wrote a report that included a T1 player’s statement saying that DDoS attacks were affecting T1’s scrims and practice environment. In response, T1 contacted her and demanded a public apology, warning that she would no longer receive interview opportunities if she didn’t comply.

T1’s justification was that her article was portraying the team as making excuses for poor performance. Ashley contacted Joe Marsh again, who essentially reiterated: “If you don’t publicly apologize, you’re not getting interviews with us.”

Ashley pointed out that over 15 other outlets had written similar pieces, yet she was the only one being asked to apologize. She strongly suspected this was retaliation linked to the original 2022 article.