Generally speaking, any news from the Western media is often taken with a pinch of salt.
Nevertheless, when a media like Democracy Now critically examines Prabowo’s victory, a person like me who has been consistently following this media - especially on the armed conflict in Gaza - is consumed by a dilemma to simply ignore its media coverage and treat it as mere Western propaganda.
After all, Democracy Now has often been universally hailed as a reliable and trusted media.
Recently, Democracy Now interviewed Allan Nairn. Nairn is a well-known American investigative journalist and he was imprisoned by Indonesian military forces under United States-backed strongman Suharto while reporting in East Timor.
Prabowo, Nairn argues, used to claim that Indonesia was not ready for...