Nikol Pashinyan labeled the media outlet
During his press conference, when answering the question of 168.am news agency, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan labeled the news outlet, calling it the media outlet of the Republican authorities. Keep Reading
Pressures and restrictions on media during the state of emergency
For two months now, Armenia has been in a state of emergency, which did not go smoothly for the media field as numerous restrictions and cases of pressure occurred which were regularly addressed by “Media Advocate” Initiative. Keep Reading
Negative articles on Zohrab Mnatsakanyan continue to prevail
From 1 to 10 May, 2020, the “Media Advocate” initiative followed online media reports on the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan’s personality and activities. Keep Reading
Ararat Mirzoyan has been criticized
From 1 to 10 May, 2020, the “Media Advocate” initiative followed online media reports on the President of the National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan’s personality and activities. 35 leading Armenian news agencies have been monitored. Keep Reading
Numerous negative articles were published on Arsen Torosyan
From 1 to 10 May, 2020, the “Media Advocate” initiative followed online media reports on the RA Minister of Health, Arsen Torosyan’s personality and activities. Keep Reading
Mkhitar Hayrapetyan made an accusation against the media
RA NA Deputy Mkhitar Hayrapetyan made an accusation against the media during his today’s speech in the National Assembly. According to the deputy, under former government, several departments had partners who covered the work done by the officials and were paid for it. Keep Reading
Alen Simonyan targets his former colleagues
During the NA sitting NA Deputy Speaker Alen Simonyan stated that the majority of mass media had turned into mass provocations, and even became a preparatory stage for opening the box of insults. He also accused the media of working with the help of fakes. Keep Reading
Arman Babajanyan calls the journalists information terrorists
During the question and answer session with the Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan, NA Deputy Arman Babajanyan raised a question. In particular, Arman Babajanyan insisted in his speech that there is information terrorism and terror in Armenia. Furthermore, he claimed that one of the TV companies operating in the public multiplex uses impermissible vocabulary and… Keep Reading
No positive articles were published on Zaruhi Batoyan
From 1 to 10 May, 2020, the “Media Advocate” initiative followed online media reports on the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Zaruhi Batoyan’s personality and activities. 35 leading Armenian news agencies have been monitored. Keep Reading
The Public Television biasedly presented the incident between Edmon Marukyan and Sasun Mikayelyan
On May 10, during Sunday Issue of the Public Television, there was an extensive reference to the incident between Edmon Marukyan and Sasun Mikaelyan occurred in the National Assembly. In about 10-minute report, the journalist presented a detailed information: from whom and how the incident started, the Marukyan-Tunyan backtalk, how Tunyan answered from his place,… Keep Reading