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Feb 24, 2010
Mainstream media 'trusted source'
By Zakir Hussain , POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
THE mainstream media in Singapore has continued to remain a trusted news source and is accurate, timely and balanced in its reporting, Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lui Tuck Yew has said.
This is why readership of local newspapers has remained strong despite the multitude of news sources on the Internet.
He was replying in writing to a question by Mr Zaqy Mohamad (Hong Kah GRC) on his ministry's plans to ensure that the mainstream media is sustainable and credible in the long term.
Rear-Admiral (NS) Lui noted that newspaper readership went up by 5 per cent between 2008 and last year, while that for their online versions jumped by 45 per cent.
The latest Nielsen Media Index survey found that 75 per cent of those polled had newspapers as their preferred news source.
A survey by United States-based public relations firm Edelman found that 68 per cent of those polled here saw newspapers as the most trusted source of information, 'significantly higher' than the global average of 34 per cent who trusted newspapers.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Feb 24, 2010
Mainstream media 'trusted source'
By Zakir Hussain , POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
THE mainstream media in Singapore has continued to remain a trusted news source and is accurate, timely and balanced in its reporting, Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lui Tuck Yew has said.
This is why readership of local newspapers has remained strong despite the multitude of news sources on the Internet.
He was replying in writing to a question by Mr Zaqy Mohamad (Hong Kah GRC) on his ministry's plans to ensure that the mainstream media is sustainable and credible in the long term.
Rear-Admiral (NS) Lui noted that newspaper readership went up by 5 per cent between 2008 and last year, while that for their online versions jumped by 45 per cent.
The latest Nielsen Media Index survey found that 75 per cent of those polled had newspapers as their preferred news source.
A survey by United States-based public relations firm Edelman found that 68 per cent of those polled here saw newspapers as the most trusted source of information, 'significantly higher' than the global average of 34 per cent who trusted newspapers.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
