Not only they managed to pull the stunt, they won an award for it.
Indonesian newspaper won a gold award for borrowing from ‘The Godfather’.
Run by one of the country’s most reputable editorial team, Koran Tempo, a local Indonesian Language newspaper run a half-page imagery borrowing the legendary illustration from The Godfather.
Depicting a key player on an ongoing corruption scandal-turn-criminal-investigation, the whole picture perfectly narrates the entire story of the allegedly corruption-ridden administration.
This is a big win for editorial & journalistic freedom in one of the world’s most liberal country on journalism. One can only hope that this brings new spirit to the entire editorial team and the rest of the media, to finally care about content & quality in what they print.
Read the translated article here, or more about the award here.
