THE television lights were suddenly extinguished and cameramen and journalists escorted out of the Wisma Negara room in the State Palace. The incident occurred five minutes after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) delivered his introductory remarks at a dialog with religious leaders on Monday evening last week.

Din Syamsuddin, the general chairman of Muhammadiyah, who was given an opportunity to speak, immediately criticized the journalist