Double Standard In News Reporting?

Gw bingung dengan baca berita disini.

1. Article 1 - Teacher
--> Ini yang diberitain temen gw pas SMA. Dan gw penasaran dengan kelanjutan berita ini, karena, sedikit membingungkan. Orang na pas SMA orang na pendiem / ga macem2. Penasaran, apakah ada bukti2 nya.
Jadi, sampe skarang, atau pada waktu penulisan berita, temen gw ini masih belum convicted. Masih "Accused".

Anyway, that's not what matters.
Article kedua lanjutan: *well, actually ini artcile yang pertama kali keluar ... this one:
Terus, barusan nemu article ini

2. Article Pembanding - Rape Own Mother
Yang ini orang na sudah terbukti. "Convicted". Pada saat penulisan article pertama (tidak ada di link), masih belum dijatuhkan hukuman.


Apa yang bikin gw bingung, dan bilang double standard?

Article pertama:
Masih accused, tapi sudah dikasih tau namanya, dan diliatin fotonya.

Article kedua:
Sudah convicted, tapi tidak ada pemberitaan nama, dan tidak ada foto. Bahkan, dituliskan di dalam article na: "She said the fact that the man, who cannot be named, had been raised by his father in Western Australia meant he did not have a normal mother-child bond."

Apakah karena: ""He is a talented athlete but his ability as a sportsman and employment opportunities have been affected by his problems with drugs and alcohol," she said."



Seriously, screw this bullcrap!!

Hey, I objected to article putting name and photo, not because she was my old friend. Nor because she was wearing a hijab. If another person is still at the stage of "accused" and waiting for trial, and his/her name everywhere in the media, and suddenly, court finds that s/he is innocent ... that's damaging character already. It will take a long time to clean up the name and the mess on the backtrail.

It does put some questions in my mind, what the hell is the media trying to do?
Why for 2nd article, where the person already convicted, why there's no mention of name, or put a photo of the guy there, to increase society awareness and becareful of that guy next time around. Different story if on article 1, the "accused" phase, moved to "convicted" phase. Or have a blanket standard: for accused, no photo and no name mention. For convicted, state name or initial, or whatever. Dont make things different... #$^(@(&#(^


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