Power and the Press: Love and Hatred

February 25, 2003

Atmakusumah*
*Chairman of the Press Council and lecturer at the Dr. Soetomo Press Institute in Jakarta.

 

WHEN we want to critically analyze press reports in the media, then a question comes up in our mind: which media? The press media is so pluralistic and heterogenic.

That also happened when we heard President Megawati Sukarnoputri's criticism about the content and style of press reports. On National Press Day in Denpasar on February


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