Comments on: M’sian youths stick with “mainstream media” http://www.thenutgraph.com/msian-youths-stick-with-mainstream-media/ Making Sense of Politics & Pop Culture Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:50:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: morning_glory http://www.thenutgraph.com/msian-youths-stick-with-mainstream-media/#comment-8196 morning_glory Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:18:43 +0000 #comment-8196 I am not trying to be cheeky but I think that this headline is (unintentionally) misleading [regarding] the key finding of this research. According to your article, the survey question was: How strongly do you trust or distrust the mainstream media in terms of its reporting on current and political news? (Source: Merdeka Center) The answer to this question is 49% distrust vs 46% trust. This means that both sides are almost equally weighted. More accurate headline would be "Malaysian youth split over trustworthiness of mainstream media". I am not trying to be cheeky but I think that this headline is (unintentionally) misleading [regarding] the key finding of this research.

According to your article, the survey question was: How strongly do you trust or distrust the mainstream media in terms of its reporting on current and political news? (Source: Merdeka Center)

The answer to this question is 49% distrust vs 46% trust. This means that both sides are almost equally weighted.

More accurate headline would be “Malaysian youth split over trustworthiness of mainstream media”.

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