Malaysian Media Council has a role to curb fake news and protect practitioners

The establishment of the Malaysian Media Council is timely to curb the spread of fake news and improve the quality of news reporting by media agencies in the country.

Former Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) chairperson Azman Ujang said the establishment of the council is also seen to be able to play a big role in safeguarding the welfare of media practitioners, especially in the current era of digitalisation...