Discourse in Indonesian Newspaper Reports: A Case Study of Indonesian President Election Campaign from 2014 to 2019

Today’s political realities of media are alignments. There is no contestation that does not involve the media. was a radical change in institutions from watchdog to involved power struggles. This where becomes actors. Media involvement realized by constructing news benefits certain parties or candidates. Then presented public will build discourse and alignments with candidates can be seen 2014 2019 presidential election campaigns. Amid interests contestants, journalism as main product challenged remain principle journalistic code ethics. The focus this research headlines news, including photographs Kompas newspaper, Koran Sindo Indonesia 8th 14th editions April 2019. With qualitative approach using critical language analysis methods Roger Fowler et al, study found. First, newspaper campaigns took sides politically, either openly secretly. Second, reader must perspective reality today. alignment politics necessity. two findings have implications for third finding, there ethics which now seems out date.