The election win of Pakatan Harapan (PH) could directly impact Malaysia's mainstream media outlets, which have for decades given friendly coverage of the Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
After months of attacking PH and its leaders in the run-up to Wednesday's general election, mainstream newspapers and television adopted a more factual tone as it became clear that BN had lost badly.
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