Jakarta Globe, 25 February 2011
Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam, who caused a stir with his call to boycott certain media organizations, has agreed to mediation with the groups in question but has ruled out issuing an apology. At a discussion hosted by the Press Council on Thursday, the secretary said he had made the controversial statement this week to put media organizations in their place.
“I criticized the media so that they don’t become institutions that [think they] can do no wrong,” he said. Dipo said he was often asked by discouraged foreign investors about the social conflicts and political bickering widely reported in some of the country’s media outlets.
Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam, who caused a stir with his call to boycott certain media organizations, has agreed to mediation with the groups in question but has ruled out issuing an apology. At a discussion hosted by the Press Council on Thursday, the secretary said he had made the controversial statement this week to put media organizations in their place.
“I criticized the media so that they don’t become institutions that [think they] can do no wrong,” he said. Dipo said he was often asked by discouraged foreign investors about the social conflicts and political bickering widely reported in some of the country’s media outlets.
