Thesis entitled to the preaching of the press accountable libelous. The issue raised is how the
form of legal liability that do the press against libel and what are obstancles in the legal liability
of the press carried the news that defamed the legal research aims to find a form of the press
against libel and find barriers in the legal liability committed to the preaching of the press who
denigrate. Results of the writing of this law is expected to provide input in the field of thought in
the field of science that studies reporting libelous.Research of this type of law is a normative
legal research. The method of analysis used is this research and analysis to understand the
stringing of words systematically collected, while for the process of reasoning in drawing
conclusions used method of deductive thinking patterns of thinking that is based on things that
are common in the form of the problems that arise in the news that defamed then drawn into a
conclusion of a special nature that is a release of liability coverage that is libelous. The results of
this study is that the form of legal liability by the press is to the right of reply, responsible press
is represented by the Corporate Leadership, accountability for press offenses using the principle
of lex specialis derogate legi generalists, and obstacles in the press accountable to the preaching
which is libelous internal barriers and external. Internal resistance from within the press itself
that is, lack of awareness in the press about the responsibility for the mistakes he has done, the
lack of professionalism of the press in their profession so as not perpedoman the code of
Journalistic Ethics. While the External barriers include government has not fully support the
development of the press, law enforcement officials and the press who do not have
understanding in looking at the Press Act, the dualism of legal liability of the press.