Study finds Taiwan's media least reliable in Asia?

I’m wondering if anyone else heard this. I was in my office yesterday, and the radio was on. The news break, in English, reported that a study had been released (didn’t hear by who) that ranked Taiwanese media organizations as the least reliable or least balanced of Asian powers (India, Korea, China, Japan, etc.). It said that they gave Taiwan only a one percent reliability ranking, and that weblogs were actually more useful than major media organizations.

I only heard bits and peices of the report, so I’m wondering if anyone else heard this.

I’m guessing that the report you heard on the radio was pretty unreliable :slight_smile:

Damn! Beat me to it! :laughing:

From today’s Taipei Times:

[quote]The credibility of the country’s media is in jeopardy, dropping to a “trust rating” of only 1 percent among major business stakeholder groups, according to an annual survey on Asia-Pacific business stakeholders.

Alan VanderMolen, president of consulting and public relations firm Edelman Asia-Pacific, said of the finding in the annual Asia-Pacific Stakeholder Study that “Taiwan’s media is in trouble.”[/quote]

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From the editorial page:

[quote]Editorial: The media has lost the public’s trust
Thursday, Oct 26, 2006, Page 8
" On Tuesday, Edelman, an international public relations firm, held a forum discussing its “Asia-Pacific Stakeholder Study” that examined 10 markets in the region, including Taiwan.

The study looked at seven groups of “stakeholders,” including employees, the government, institutional investors, media, NGOs, upscale consumers and senior business executives.

Edelman said that the responses it received showed Taiwanese don’t trust the media. A mere 1 percent of respondents view the media as a trusted information source."

"Readers in Taiwan often find themselves reading stories that have been labeled as “exclusives” or “scoops,” only to discover that the contents consist of unverified “facts,” hearsay and unsubstantiated allegations.

The nation’s media sources, broadcast and print alike, are coming under fire from critics for their lack of professionalism and their over-emphasis on trivial, sensational and “exclusive” stories.

It’s time that the media takes a long, hard look at itself, searches its heart and starts to live up to its social responsibilities.

Sooner rather then later, the media industry needs to wake up and begin to earn back the nation’s trust by working for the betterment of society and advancing the interests of the public, rather than the interests of politicians and political parties."
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chabuduo…

Too bad unreliability isn’t fatal.

Gee…I blame President Bush… :unamused:

That’s it…That’s what I was looking for. I even looked through the Taipei Times this morning and didn’t see it.

Oh well…thanks!

English media? Chinese media? Both?

Guess the newspaper I did when I was in junior high school was more reliable, at least it took us a lot of research in the library to make it…