So according to an article in the Malaysian Insider, it's said that a local newspaper (Utusan Malaysia, a malay language newspaper) of being racist and a government propaganda. They even backed up their claims which shows a less than 10% decrease in sales of the newspaper.
Yes, it is racist on certain articles but the statistical data is pathetic. Arguing that a 5% decrease in sales is a result from racism is just a desperate move. Technology advanced and many now refer to using computers/internet to get their news without paying extra each month for daily news. Even so, among the 5% of ex-Utusan readers, I doubt most of them stop buying the papers because of racism.
Edit : Apparently many people are applauding for this... Yea, but find better evidence to proof that the low % decrease is because of readers finding the racist remarks to be the reason of their discontinuity of purchasing the newspapers. If not, I'd say this is just a publicity stunt.
PS : I do not approve of racism except among close friends.
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