Work on restoring trust in media

LETTERS: Trust in the media worldwide has hit an all-time low. In a study conducted in late 2022, for example, less than 40 per cent of adults in the United Kingdom trusted the local media.

It was also reported that trust in media fell between 2021 and 2022 in most countries in the study, especially in South Korea, Ireland, Australia, Argentina and Malaysia.

Judging by recent developments in our country, where members of parliament and ministers pick on the media for unfavourable reporting on them or their misstatements, the level of trust in media will continue to go south.

This alarming trend was also highlighted by veteran journalist Tan Sri Johan Jaafar, who urged ministers and politicians to stop blaming the media for stoking sensitive issues, particularly related to race and religion, when the press was merely reporting statements by an East Malaysian politician.