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        "id": 1187033,
        "msgid": "perspektif-stoppage-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-09-27 00:00:00",
        "title": "'Perspektif' stoppage",
        "author": null,
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "'Perspektif' stoppage From Sinar Bertrand Russell said that a government can make its people clever, but it can also make them stupid. I was a little shocked to learn that Perspektif (a popular and much loved interview program on SCTV) had been stopped. I don't think that SCTV initiated it, but that the stoppage was from outside intervention. It was rather sudden.",
        "content": "<p>'Perspektif' stoppage<\/p>\n<p>From Sinar<\/p>\n<p>Bertrand Russell said that a government can make its people<br>\nclever, but it can also make them stupid. I was a little shocked<br>\nto learn that Perspektif (a popular and much loved interview<br>\nprogram on SCTV) had been stopped.<\/p>\n<p>I don't think that SCTV initiated it, but that the stoppage<br>\nwas from outside intervention. It was rather sudden. I really<br>\ndon't understand why it would happen at all, considering that<br>\nPerspektif tried to enhance the intellectual life of Indonesians,<br>\nwhich is useful for developing democracy.<\/p>\n<p>I also don't think that the presence of Mochtar Lubis on<br>\nPerspektif was the cause of the termination. The program had<br>\nfeatured various figures who spoke freely and democratically<br>\naccording to their conscience.<\/p>\n<p>Wimar (the host) once said Perspektif never had a government<br>\nofficial as its guest because he or she could not be expected to<br>\nspeak freely and honestly. Government officials all speak the<br>\nsame language.<\/p>\n<p>The axing of Perspektif makes many people increasingly<br>\nconfident that democracy is not granted by those in power but won<br>\nthrough long and strenuous struggle.<\/p>\n<p>In the process, \"we may loose the battle, but not the war\".<\/p>\n<p>MARINUS HANDIYONO<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/perspektif-stoppage-1447893297",
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