HIS face appears round-the-clock on television stations he owns. Sometimes he appears in the early morning and at other times around midnight. Records at the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) indicate that ads for Bakrie, who is Golkar Party chairman, run on his TV One station from 3am to 11pm. In addition, news about him is broadcast on a daily basis.

According to Bakrie, the ads were placed by the Freedom Institutean organization led by R