Background of the Study

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1. Background of the Study

Nowadays, there are so many media in Indonesia. One of them is newspaper. Newspaper is a printed publication and usually distributed daily or weekly. It contains news, opinions, etc. Cambridge Dictionary 2010 says that newspaper is a regularly printed document consisting of news report, articles, photographs and advertisements that are printed on large sheets of paper which are folded together but not permanently joined. Tuchman 1978:1 said that “news is a window of the world”. The view through a window depends upon whether the window is large or small, has many panes or few, whether the glass is opaque or clear, whether the window faces a street or a backyard. Every newspaper has its own side which means that they have an option whether support or against something. The editor of a news in a newspaper can choose what and how a news is presented. The way the editor choose on that is called framing. Entman 1993:51 explained that framing is a “scattered conceptualization”. It is how media organize the idea or story line to their audiences. A research on framing analysis has already been conducted by some researchers such as Freyenberger 2013 and Subagyo 2015. Freyenberger 2013:2 said that newspaper coverage can have a positive or negative impact on the image of an individual. 16 Recent news in Indonesia is about Sumber Waras hospital case. It is all about the allegations of irregularities in the procurement of land in West Jakarta. The case starts when there is an audit report from Supreme Court Agency BPK in selling and buying process of land in West Jakarta. It has been said that the governor of Jakarta mark up the price. According to the report of BPK, the price of the land is Rp 564 billion instead of 755.69 billion. Based on that fact, the governor of Jakarta has been reported to KPK for a corrupt suspicion. In other way, the governor of Jakarta or Ahok said that the audit report from BPK is not right. He said that the price used in the process is from the tax office directorate general of the Finance Ministry. Based on that fact, Ahok said that the finding of BPK cannot be trusted. There are at least two newspapers which show their different point of view in reporting Sumber Waras case. Those newspapers are Media Indonesia and Sindonews. Media Indonesia is a printed newspaper owned by Mr. Surya Paloh. We know that Mr. Surya Paloh is the chairman of National Democracy Nasdem Party. Nasdem is the first party that supports Mr. Ahok to join the governor election on 2017 even Ahok said that he will go through independent way. In reporting Sumber Waras case, Media Indonesia doubt that the report of BPK’s is not 100 right. The newspaper gave an example when BPK gave its financial investigation report on a ministry which said “okay” on it. Even so, the fact showed that there is a corruption on that ministry. In the other words, Media Indonesia agrees with Ahok who said that the report of BPK in Sumber Waras case is false. 17 Sindonews which belongs to Mr. Hary Tanoesodibjo has a different view on the case. The newspaper highlighted that Ahok should be responsible for the state losses of Rp 191,3 billion. It also said that there are also some irrelevant things such as the false procedure in determining the location of Sumber Waras hospital and the budgeting process which is not based on a right procedure.

1.2. Statements of the Problem