On the one hand it does seem like a fairly inexperienced organization with some pretty undercooked release and testing processes, but on the other hand all that stuff is ultimately fixable. This is a relatively harmless way of learning that lesson. Admitting a problem is the first step toward fixing it.
A culture of ass-covering is much harder to fix, and will definitely get in the way of addressing these types of issues
On the one hand it does seem like a fairly inexperienced organization with some pretty undercooked release and testing processes, but on the other hand all that stuff is ultimately fixable. This is a relatively harmless way of learning that lesson. Admitting a problem is the first step toward fixing it.
A culture of ass-covering is much harder to fix, and will definitely get in the way of addressing these types of issues