NA PRESIDENT, "MASS MEDIA MUST BE FREE AND UNBIASED"

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[07:02 pm] 19 June, 2006

"Any law can be endlessly amended but the truths of life are not
connected with the flaws of the law", said NA President Tigran Torosyan
during the meeting with head of the OSCE Yerevan office Vladimir
Pryakhin and Ambassador Miklosh Harashti, OSCE representative on the
issues of freedom of information.

According to him, we must first clear out the mission of the Mass
Media, "The overwhelming majority of the Mass Media see themselves
as the reflection of the role of the parties – either oppositional
or pro-governmental. But the Mass Media must represent the events
to the society impartially. They must be free and unbiased, and the
solution of this problem is connected with the realization of the
multi-party system and the civic society", Tigran Torosyan said.

During the meeting issues about the laws and drafts concerning the
Mass Media field were discussed.

According to the OSCE and PACE experts, the laws regulating the field
are compliant with the international standards.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress