PERTANIKA JOURNAL OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Kompas is one of the most well-known media outlets in Indonesia. Reporting about the fall of President Morsi on 3 July 2013 and the political conflict in Egypt that followed had attracted the attention of international media, including in Indonesia. Using Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis, this study aimed to find out how the discourse of political strife was packaged in the daily newspaper of Kompas. Six editions were investigated as the data sources and analyzed by using the content analysis technique. This research proves that Kompas, from the linguistic aspect, in reporting the political conflicts of Egypt after the coup, inclined to be balanced and straightforward. This was evidenced by particular word choices and quotations from natural speakers with no inclination towards the military and Morsi’s supporters. In the aspect of text production, the Kompas produced an independent news production which is free from all the pressures by accommodating and channeling a fair share of different voices. And In the aspect of the socio-cultural practices, Kompas in producing text cannot be separated from the context that built the news. Therefore, it can be concluded that Kompas provides a platform from both parties that views a difference in a relatively fair manner.