President Jokowi Reminds Good News Not A Sensational Origin That Triggers Hoaxes

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JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo emphasized that good news is not news that comes from viral or sensational but in accordance with the Journalistic Code of Ethics.

"Indeed, now the good news should not be news that comes from viral, not from sensational origin because it actually triggers the spread of hoaxes that still exist," Jokowi said at the Opening of the 25th Congress of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) at the State Palace, Jakarta, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, September 25.

He said he received a report from the Minister of Communication and Information Technology that 11,000 hoaxes were scattered in the digital world.

The President stressed that press personnel must uphold the Journalistic Code of Ethics and not be provoked by the desire to produce news as long as it goes viral.

"We must uphold the journalistic Code of Ethics because this is precisely the plus value of the media and the press, this is precisely the excess of the media and the press compared to the citizen journalism," he said.

"Once again, don't be provoked into competing because it is viral or competing because it is a hoax and don't be provoked because the important thing is viral, it's hot to read, I think that's the kind of thing that we have to avoid," he explained.