EIGHT TARGETS
20. Behind the Self-Esteem of a Journalist

The confused Amanda saw Danial's strange behavior, watching Danial closely from toe to toe with an expression of astonishment.  As soon as their eyes met, Amanda smiled at Danial.  Danial was startled and immediately hid behind Kaiser.  However, Danial immediately ventured again, removing his head from behind Kaiser's body with the position of the body that remained hidden.  Danial then stares back and forth between Amanda and the floor.  She's very shy.  Beyond a doubt, thanks to Amanda's hospitality, the two of them got along quickly.

***

That afternoon, the fourth day of their protest.  They came as usual in front of the NTV News Office to protest.  The front of the office grew crowded from the previous day which was already very crowded.  It looks like a thousand more mobs are swarming to demand the injustice of NTV News in covering the news.  There were a lot of reporters from different media outlets there.

Most prominent at that time were known mothers named Melani who cried sobbing demanding the restoration of her son's good name.

“My son is a victim of a collision.  Instead of sympathizing, many neighbors even blasphemed my son.  How can my child be calm in nature?  Why can the victim be blamed for the collision?  The hitman should be to blame.  This was all because of the way the reporters reported the news.  This is unfair to the families of the victims.  Nggggg!”

The sound of sobbing mother's cry came to color the contents in front of the office of NTV News.

In the case of the mother, the reporter was not at all wrong in delivering the news.  It's just that, the delivery of news delivered half-and-half, peppered by news that is not relevant by cutting the part that should be delivered.  Really, a person can be both good and bad in front of the television depending on how the press edits the news.

It also appears that a father named Wihadi who also protested the restoration of good name where the news appeared on television, the good name of the father was tainted so that he was not allowed by his company to become an angkot driver, a job he had been doing since he was young.  In fact, the police have determined that the victim is innocent based on direct witnesses from passengers covered by the media raised the tariff.

But the name of the media, only covering in the hot atmosphere, so that when the news is no longer hot, they will immediately look away.  As a result, everyone only knew that Mr. Wihadi was a corruption man, without knowing he had been cleared of the charges and his good name had been officially cleared in the police investigation.  Ironically, the angkot tenant company does not want to know it and is more concerned with profits than the fate of victims.

And as the main character of it all The Son of Mr. Ahmad Arkam, a garbage man who became the victim of mob lacerations that resulted in the loss of life due to false accusations caused by media coverage, and, the victim received his post-death humiliation.

Ironically this time, rather than focus on guarding the case of Mr. Ahmad Arkam so that the perpetrator who pretended to be the victim was immediately arrested and the mob who gangred Pak Ahmad Arkam was responsible for his actions,  The child is more focused on media apologies.

Honestly, because the good name of Mr. Ahmad Arkam has now been cleared, is it not now more appropriate for the media to focus on guarding the arrest of perpetrators who pretend to be victims and the accountability of the mob who gang up on Mr. Ahmad Arkam?  Of course, by not forgetting that as the perpetrator who made this complicated, NTV News must account for his mistakes and apologize in public.

Of course, do not forget the other NTV News case that is the good name abuse of the son of the heir to Dewantara Group, Kaiser Dewantara.  Police through interviews with Queen TV and DTV have confirmed that the police have not yet determined a single suspect in the mass murder case at Sungsin Security.  Clearly the faults of NTV News have been seen in the public, why are they still silent and reluctant to apologize?

***

That night at about 22:00.  Kaiser sipped a soda can he held on the terrace below his house with trees and a starry night sky.  Agni who happened to come out of the house of the maid section separated from the main house and passed by, saw the moody Kaiser and greeted him.

“Young Master?”

“Oh Agni's.  What are you doing still outside these nights?”  Kaiser replied to Agni's reprimand with a question as he sipped his drink.

“No, I'm just thinking about what strategy will I make?”

“NTV News problem?  Aren't they going to fall soon?”  Said Agni who was astonished by the confusion of her Young Master in a place that was not necessary according to her.

“NTV as a newcomer managed to get rid of 3 competitors in just 5 years since its establishment including ZTV which was in the top position at that time and managed to occupy the top rank now.  They are successful not because of luck.  That is because they have the ability to survive and compete in that difficult market.  They have not given up and fallen.  Soon they'll definitely pull out their flagship weapon.”

Kaiser explained his opinion to Agni while walking slowly in front of the terrace chair he had occupied and right in the word ‘their flagship weapon’, Kaiser threw his soda can and goal in the trash

“What is Young Master?”  Ask Agni curiously.

“Yeah moreover, transfer of news?”  Kaiser replied as he turned towards Agni who was behind him while smiling mischievously.

***

That night, at about the same time as the conversation between Kaiser and Agni, Vet Tcin, the Main Figure who caused the commotion was sitting in front of his desk while busy with his laptop.  Sometimes he justifies the position of glasses that are not usually worn in public places while massaging the area around his eyes a sign of fatigue.

At that time a teenage girl with a socialite-style nyentric clothes with a hat this time purple with a typical model like usually look like a scout beret except for the existence of a jewel that relies strangely on the one side of his hat.

It was Rihana who came to whine to his mother.  He ran towards his mother then hugged her spoiled.

“Bu, is this okay?  Isn't our position pinched Bu?”

The mother then stroked the back of her daughter's head which was not covered in a hat and smiled gently.

“Take it easy, dear.  Leave everything to the adults.  Everything has a solution.  Children just have to behave as usual so that our enemies can not find the slightest bit of our weakness.”

“Good Mom.  Mom is the best.”  Rihana answered while drowning her head in her mother's arms.

Vet Tcin held his daughter affectionately.  The look of the mother's typical affectionate face on her face that instantly turned scary.  The corners of his lips curled.  He smiled wickedly.  It looks like I'm getting ready to do something really bad.