Media: I am Happy for now
September 2, 2010 – 12:47 pmDon’t have to be highly educated to read the unseen. Pak Cik kait kelapa sawit pun cakap kat aku; “ko blaja tinggi-tinggi, kalo ko percaya y tulis dalam berita tu, bodohlaa ko”
Recently a poll by the Merdeka Center showed that six out of 10 Malaysians don’t trust the mainstream media.
The June 27 to July 25 survey commissioned by a research organisation showed that 57 per cent of Malays polled said they did not trust reports in the mainstream media, while 33 per cent trusted the media and 10 per cent said they did not know.
As for the Chinese community, 58 per cent said they did not trust the mainstream media, 30 per cent trusted and 12 per cent did not know.
A total 590 Chinese and 413 Malays as well as five focus group discussions with Chinese voters in Peninsula Malaysia were involved in the survey.

