Ironically, of all the Chinese dialects, the one that receives the most media exposure in Malaysia is Cantonese, even though there are only half as many Cantonese speakers as Minnanhua speakers. This is due to the influence of Hong Kong entertainment, which has been assimilated by a Malaysian media skilled in imitation. This has allowed Cantonese to crowd out other Chinese dialects in the media.
但很諷刺的，在眾多華語方言中，電子媒體曝光率最高的竟然不是使用人數最多的閩南語，反而是人數少了一半的粵語（廣東語），這得拜香港娛樂界及模仿力強的大馬電子媒體所賜。