KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 17): The Malaysian Media Council (MMC) needs to play a role in determining a more comprehensive rules and ethics of journalism, covering all types of media, including digital and online.

Director of the Centre for Media and Information Warfare Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Prof Datuk Dr Ismail Sualman said this was following the emergence of many media portals that are not currently subject to the law regulating the media.