Quality Exploration and Feasibility of Mass Media News Text Presentation as a Learning Media of Indonesian in High School Students

. News teaching materials in textbooks do not have news comprehension and readability is low and contains information on old events. Based on these findings the author is interested in studying them. The objectives to be achieved include three things. One knows the typography and graphic text of the mass media news used in textbooks as learning material? Two know the description of the strengths and weaknesses of the message content in the news text that is used as a learning medium? What do three knowing the description of the feasibility of using news texts in textbooks in learning? The method of data analysis uses descriptive qualitative methods. (a) The translational equivalent method is used for typographic and graphical analysis of news texts, (b) the translational and equivalent referential methods for analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of news texts, (c) Expert triangulation techniques for analyzing the feasibility of text descriptions. The object of the news text research is in the accompanying textbooks of Indonesian Language Subjects in SMA X, XI and XII. Each book is taken 3 samples so that 9 texts are collected. Lack of text does not contain the completeness of the news element. News texts have a low degree of disregard. The information presented in the form of information has long been happening. The results of research from 9 data there are 3 data that have a complete news element. The 6 data elements of information are incomplete. Besides being incomplete, there are 6 graphic texts or supporting images to support the text. For the readability of the text data 3 and 5 according to the data, what is needed by students, but approaching the invalid area. The data 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 readabilities does not correspond to the level of use. The eligibility criteria for data texts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 do not have the element of news novelty.