[ ABSTRAK Bersamaan dengan perkembangan kebebasan pers, pers Indonesia semakin mandiri dalammenentukan kontennya sesuai kepentingan masing-masing redaksi. Hal ini sangat terlihatdalam pemilihan presiden tahun 2014. Beberapa media massa melakukan pemberitaan sesuaidengan kepentingan politik pihak yang mereka dukung. Sementara itu, Koran TEMPOmenjadi salah satu media cetak yang oleh beberapa pihak dituduh condong terhadap salahsatu calon presiden. Untuk memverifikasi informasi tersebut, penulis melakukan analisisterhadap isi editorial koran TEMPO selama periode menjelang pemilihan presiden daritanggal 8 Mei sampai dengan 8 Juli 2014. Dari analisis tersebut penulis menyimpulkanbahwa koran TEMPO tidak menunjukkan keberpihakan terhadap salah satu calon presidendilihat dari tidak adanya kalimat yang menunjukkan motif TEMPO mengunggulkan ataupunmendiskreditkan salah satu calon presiden. ABSTRACTAlong with the development of the freedom of the press, the Indonesian press becomes moreindependent in determining its content according to the interests of their editorial staffs. It isclearly visible in the presidential elections in 2014. Some mass media did their newsreporting according to the political interests of those they supported. Meanwhile, TEMPOnewspaper became one of the print media which by several parties are accused of leaningagainst one of the presidential candidates. To verify this information, the authors conductedan analysis of the editorial content of TEMPO newspapers during the period leading up to thepresidential elections of May 8th to July 8th,2014. From this analysis, the authors concludedthat TEMPO newspaper does not show partiality against one of the presidential candidates asseen from the absence of sentence that shows TEMPO‘s intention to favor or discredit one ofthe presidential candidates., Along with the development of the freedom of the press, the Indonesian press becomes moreindependent in determining its content according to the interests of their editorial staffs. It isclearly visible in the presidential elections in 2014. Some mass media did their newsreporting according to the political interests of those they supported. Meanwhile, TEMPOnewspaper became one of the print media which by several parties are accused of leaningagainst one of the presidential candidates. To verify this information, the authors conductedan analysis of the editorial content of TEMPO newspapers during the period leading up to thepresidential elections of May 8th to July 8th,2014. From this analysis, the authors concludedthat TEMPO newspaper does not show partiality against one of the presidential candidates asseen from the absence of sentence that shows TEMPO‘s intention to favor or discredit one ofthe presidential candidates.] |