Free Malaysia Today

Free Malaysia Today is an independent English- and Malay-language online news outlet in Malaysia. It covers national politics, current affairs, and social issues, and is known as a digital-native source of news and commentary. It serves a broad Malaysian readership interested in independent reporting.

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Free Malaysia Today at a glance

Country: Malaysia
Region: Southeast Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: Digital-native outlet
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Website: freemalaysiatoday.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Free Malaysia Today

Crosswire groups Free Malaysia Today as Centrist for comparisons within Malaysia's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where Free Malaysia Today sits in Malaysia's press

Free Malaysia Today is one of 6 outlets tracked in Malaysia, and one of 2 digital-native outlets among them — the other being Malaysiakini. By outlets tracked, Malaysia ranks tenth of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.

Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 39 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Free Malaysia Today outside Malaysia, starting with Southeast Asia, are Rappler (Philippines), VnExpress (Vietnam), The Irrawaddy (Myanmar) and Cambodianess (Cambodia). Opening one of them beside Free Malaysia Today is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.