(1) Media report on ABC Radio National
The controversial news weekly (Tempo), showed Suharto which depicted Jesus Christ sitting at a table surrounded by Suharto's six children sparked pretests from Christians.
Later, the enws daily made a public apology on page two with the title "Tempo Magazine Apologizes," with the subheading:" We had no intention of hurting Christians."
According to Barret (cited in Steenbrik 2003) stated that Indonesis is made up of 43.2 per cent Muslims, 36.44 per cent new-religionists, 11 per cent Christian, 5.1 per cent Tribal religions, 2.1 Hindu and 1.0 per cen Buddhist. Here, we can conclude that , Christians in Indonesia are minorities.
Minority or not, these groups of people felt that they hace been marginalized. They accused the news editor for being insensitive of their religion. In response to that, the chief editor, Toriq Hadad had primised to publish a public apology in the next issue.
According to Reep(2006), graphic aids such as photographers are used:
-To provide brief explanation to complicated subject matter
-To separate the main topics in compounded data and appeal more to the general public
In short, photographs are used to assist readers to see the scope of the news. As for this case, the Christians did not see and agree with the angle that Tempo took, where they were 'inspired' by the work of art of Leonardo.
A word of advice to all journalists, be sure to be considerate of the graphic aids before publishing, to avoid debates as such.
References :
Indonesian weekly apologises over Last Supper Suharto cover, ABC NEWS, 6 February 2008.
Steeinbrink, K 2003, Catholics in Indonesia:1808-1942, KITLV Press.
Reep, Diana C 2006, Techinical Writing, Pearson, New York.
Source : Tempo 2008
Later, the enws daily made a public apology on page two with the title "Tempo Magazine Apologizes," with the subheading:" We had no intention of hurting Christians."
According to Barret (cited in Steenbrik 2003) stated that Indonesis is made up of 43.2 per cent Muslims, 36.44 per cent new-religionists, 11 per cent Christian, 5.1 per cent Tribal religions, 2.1 Hindu and 1.0 per cen Buddhist. Here, we can conclude that , Christians in Indonesia are minorities.
Minority or not, these groups of people felt that they hace been marginalized. They accused the news editor for being insensitive of their religion. In response to that, the chief editor, Toriq Hadad had primised to publish a public apology in the next issue.
According to Reep(2006), graphic aids such as photographers are used:
-To provide brief explanation to complicated subject matter
-To separate the main topics in compounded data and appeal more to the general public
In short, photographs are used to assist readers to see the scope of the news. As for this case, the Christians did not see and agree with the angle that Tempo took, where they were 'inspired' by the work of art of Leonardo.
A word of advice to all journalists, be sure to be considerate of the graphic aids before publishing, to avoid debates as such.
References :
Indonesian weekly apologises over Last Supper Suharto cover, ABC NEWS, 6 February 2008.
Steeinbrink, K 2003, Catholics in Indonesia:1808-1942, KITLV Press.
Reep, Diana C 2006, Techinical Writing, Pearson, New York.
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