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In a matter of days more than 190 million Indonesians will head to the polls to pick their next president.
The race has been heating up between the two presidential candidates, Prabowo Subianto and Joko Widodo.
The contest has, understandably, generated immense media attention in Indonesia - but critics say the majority of Indonesian media is deeply biased and is influencing voters rather than informing them.
The BBC's Indonesia Editor, Karishma Vaswani reports from Jakarta.
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