A large number of negative articles were published on Hayk Marutyan
From 11 to 20 April, 2020, the “Media Advocate” initiative followed online media reports on the mayor of Yerevan, Hayk Marutyan’s personality and activities. Keep Reading
Large-scale campaign against the TV company
“Media Advocate” initiative expresses its concern following the Social Network discussions over the 5th channel. Some SM users demand that the TV station suspends its activity. According to the monitoring results, the public-political representatives claim that the campaign against the TV company is controlled by the authorities. Keep Reading
Public Television is and has always been a toy of the authorities
After the changes that took place in the country in 2018, of course, there were personnel changes in the Public Television. The news service, in particular, changed two heads, each in their turn staffed the news service with its preferred personnel. Keep Reading
“Media Advocate” urges ArmTV to be consistent with its employee
Publicly-funded Public Television journalist Gevorg Tosunyan, referred to lawyer Amram Makinyan’s Facebook post, where the latter noted that not addressing the issues mentioned in the “scandalous report” will directly confirm the hypothesis that the investigative body and the Public Television are controlled by the same center and have the same aim, that is, to do… Keep Reading
Numerous negative articles were published on Arsen Torosyan
From 11 to 20 April, 2020, the “Media Advocate” initiative followed online media reports on the RA Minister of Health, Arsen Torosyan’s personality and activities. Keep Reading
Ararat Mirzoyan has been criticized
From 11 to 20 April, 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
Failure to disclose the hacker attack on the Blognews.am website will mean that the government, with its inaction, at least contributes to the attacks on the media: Media Advocate Initiative
The editor-in-chief of Blognews.am news agency Konstantin Ter-Nakalyan wrote on his Facebook page that their website is undergoing a DDoS attack. “Media Advocate” initiative considers unacceptable any kind of attack on the media and urges the Armenian authorities and law enforcement bodies to restore the free and uninterrupted activity of the media outlet as soon… Keep Reading
Armenia’s new government had failed to reduce the media’s polarization
Reporters Without Borders has released its annual report, according to which Armenia ranks 61st out of 180 countries in terms of press freedom. The section of the report on Armenia is entitled “Diversity but not yet independence”. Keep Reading
According to Alen Simonyan, 50% of media reports are false
RA NA Vice Speaker Alen Simonyan, in fact, continues NikolPashinyan’s practice of making unaddressed accusations regarding media. After the party’s session, Alen Simonyan accused 90% of the media outlets of making money by means of choosing “interesting headlines”. According to Alen Simonyan, 50% of publications are simply false. Keep Reading
Haykakan Zhamanak sets itself apart from the journalistic community
“Haykakan Zhamanak” (ArmTimes) daily belonging to Nikol Pashinyan’s family disseminated an information that Gegham Manukyan, head of Yerkir Media news and political programs and the 5th Channel director Harutyun Harutyunyan, organized the leak of the footage of the Prime Minister’s live message. Keep Reading