TRIAL BY THE PRESS BY MASS MEDIA IN THE NEWS COVERAGE OF THE YANA MULYANA CASE
Keywords:
Trial by the Press, Framing Analysis, Journalistic EthicsAbstract
In reporting the case of Yana Mulyana, the mass media often engages in the practice of trial by the press. This article discusses news coverage that blends facts with opinions, thereby violating Law No. 40 of 1999 on the Press and the Indonesian Journalistic Code of Ethics. The research is conducted using a framing analysis approach by Zhongdang Pan and Gerald Kosicki to understand the media articles, as well as a doctrinal legal research approach to analyze the practice of trial by the press. In the three news articles reviewed, it is evident that the media framing used in the articles mixes facts with opinions, which consequently violates the principle of presumption of innocence as stipulated in the Press Law and the Journalistic Code of Ethics. This article concludes that the framing applied by several media outlets in reporting the corruption case involving Yana Mulyana, by blending facts with opinions, constitutes a practice of *trial by the press* and reflects a systemic failure in the Indonesian justice system.
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