1. Indonesian weekly apologises over Last Supper Soeharto cover
The cover for the February 4-10 edition of Tempo featured a sketch of Suharto, who died last month, taking Jesus Christ's central place at a table surrounded by his three daughters and sons instead of apostles, triggering complaints from Christians.
On page two of Koran Tempo, a daily published by the same outfit as the weekly, a large headline over an apology read, "Tempo Magazine Apologises," with a subheading: "We had no intention of hurting Christians." They said they just inspired by Leonardo`s painting not in the context or concept of the event of the event told in the Bible.
This case happens because publication basically can not use offensive image as the cover or put it in the publication especially about religion. Religion is a matter of privacy and it is a sensitive issue. When Tempo had a sketch about Soeharto in the picture of Jesus last supper, it was considered offensive as Soeharto is a Moslem and the picture was in Christian context.
Offensive image can cause public angry because it is considered as not respecting each other religion so we need to be careful in choosing pictures in publication. Walsh (2006, p.29) stated that images have effects that are different from words. So the picture can cause people to think that it is to hurt Christians but actually it was just a picture that Tempo inspired from Leonardo`s painting.
Reference List :
Indonesian Weekly apologises over Last Supper Soeharto cover 2008, AFP, viewed on 16th June 2009.
Walsh, M 2006, `the Textual Shift: Examining the reading process with print, visual and multimodal texts`, Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, vol.29, no.1, viewed on 16th June 2009, http://search.informit.com.au.ezlibproxy.unisa.edu.au/fullText;res=AEIPT;dn=149631.
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