
As much as 66.4 percent of 1,009 undergraduates in UM felt Malaysiakini was the most trustworthy, compared to other online news portals – The Malaysian Insider (30.6 percent), Utusan Online (23.6 percent) dan Tranungkita Online (15.7 percent)
It is also the most popular news site among 71.1 percent of the students polled, compared to Utusan (24 percent), The Malaysian Insider (21.2 percent) dan MStar (19.7 percent).
The same trend was seen in UKM, where as much as 39.4 percent of 1,006 students picked Malaysiakini as most reliable source of political information.