progresifjaya.id, BANJAR – Banjar City is the quietest area in West Java. The city in the eastern part of West Java which is also the gateway to the West Java region from the southern route is also recorded as having the smallest Regency Minimum Wage (UMK) index in West Java.
Reflecting on this condition, the direct effect was also felt by Satpas SIM Polres Banjar located on Jl. Siliwangi Number 145, Karangpanimbal, Purwaharja, Banjar City, West Java. With a population of the city nicknamed Banjar Patroman of only 200 thousand people, it must be admitted that there are not many new SIM applicants who visit Satpas every day. Even if calculated as a percentage, new SIM applicants in Banjar City are only around 30 percent compared to 70 percent of SIM renewal applicants.
It’s just funny, with the reality of conditions like this, there are still outsiders or outsiders who are just trying to make a living in a haphazard way. One example is a news story with the title “Satpas SIM Satlantas Polres Banjar Allegedly Widespread Circulation of Brokers, Offering Fantastic Rates” which was broadcast by the online media www.targetnews.co.id on Monday, (17/2) today.
A police observer who is also a member of the Honorary Council of the Central PWI, Berman Nainggolan Lumbanraja in his official statement said that the news about the alleged SIM brokers at Satpas Polres Banjar which was broadcast by targetnews.co.id didn’t meet journalistic standards. In addition to being presented unbalanced or not covering both sides, the language used in the news was also thick with the aroma of guessing.
“News like this if presented in the Journalist Competency Test or UKW for young people will get a bad mark. Why? Because in theory it is far from the standard journalistic rules. In addition, the language presented from the first, second and third paragraphs is also less logical and less connected to the selection of news angles. So it gives a very strong impression of guessing news. Not a typical reporting in depth news style,” explained Berman frankly.
He also emphasized, that as a journalist who has been active in various media for decades, the news model of the alleged SIM broker at the Polres Banjar Satpas broadcast by targetnews.co.id is aimed at money oriented, not to inform or inform.
The poor presentation of data in the body of the news is mixed with an unclear writing style and does not use the inverted pyramid technique. Worse still, the choice of words in the title is also a typo that has not been corrected. From the word that should be fantastic but is attached to the fantastic in the news title.
“News with uncorrected typo titles falls into the straight news category or short, direct news. This means that it is presented in a clear, objective, and factual style of language and meets the 5W + 1H elements. The writing technique must also be an inverted pyramid,” said the 61-year-old Batak man who was awarded the Pess Card Number One (PCNO) or Number One Press Card from the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) Center during the 2025 National Press Day (HPN) in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Sunday, (9/2) last week.
“However, the fact is that the news presented technically does not meet all of these requirements. That’s why I said earlier that if it was presented during the junior UKW, it would definitely get a red mark. It wouldn’t be considered news like this. Tinny news has no quality,” he added again with a sarcastic tone. (Bembo)