This is proven after an annual worldwide study of news trends ranked The Star as the top English-language news portal in brand trust scores in Malaysia among surveyed brands. The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2021, its 10th annual edition, found when it comes to brand trust scores in Malaysia, news channel Astro Awani and The Star scored 70% and 65% respectively. Apart from The Star, TV9 News and Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) also earned a 65% trust score. “The gap between the ‘best and the rest’ has grown, as has the trust gap between the news media and social media,” he said. The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism is a research centre at the University of Oxford that tracks media trends.

Source: The Star June 24, 2021 23:15 UTC