1 Pendahuluan Lucian W Pye 1 seorang political scientist pernah menulis Even in the most weak and unstable country the mass media must still retain to some degree one of their most basic functions that of serving as an inspector general to the entire political system of political integrity among the power holders The problems however are immense and inordinately complex for there is also some substance in the argument that reckless and irresponsible criticism of authority can destroy any hope of building up constructive patterns of government Pye benar dalam menggambarkan kondisi pers di negara negara berkembang terutama ketika negaranegara tersebut masih berusia muda baru melepaskan diri dari kolonialisme Tetapi pers dan kekuasaan 1 Lucia W Pye Communication Institution Building and the Reach of Authority dalam Communication and Change in Developing Countries Daniel Lerner and Wilbur Schramm ed Honolulu East West Centre 1967 hlm 37 11 Pendahuluan Lucian W Pye 1 seorang political scientist pernah menulis Even in the most weak and unstable country the mass media must still retain to some degree one of their most basic functions that of serving as an inspector general to the entire political system of political integrity among the ...power holders The problems however are immense and inordinately complex for there is also some substance in the argument that reckless and irresponsible criticism of authority can destroy any hope of building up constructive patterns of government Pye benar dalam menggambarkan kondisi pers di negara negara berkembang terutama ketika negaranegara tersebut masih berusia muda baru melepaskan diri dari kolonialisme Tetapi pers dan kekuasaan 1 Lucia W Pye Communication Institution Building and the Reach of Authority dalam Communication and Change in Developing Countries Daniel Lerner and Wilbur Schramm ed Honolulu East West Centre 1967 hlm 37 1