RPA IS AGAIN LEADER BY BROADCAST TIME GIVEN TO IT BY ALMOST ALL TV COMPANIES

Noyan Tapan
May 10 2007

YEREVAN, MAY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The Republican Party of Armenia, ARFD,
Bargavach Hayastan and Orinats Yerkir take the first four places by TV
broadcast hour given to them by all 13 TV companies by April 24 – May
5 results of monitoring conducted by Team center of studies of coverage
of election campaign of upcoming parliamentary elections by media.

As Boris Navasardian, Chairman of Yerevan Press Club, mentioned
at the May 10 press conference, the circumstance of RPA’s being
a leader on TV is also conditioned by wide coverage of various
events with participation of party’s first figures being state
officials. YPC Chairman said that the TV broadcast time given to
above mentioned three parties for dozens of times exceeds broadcast
time of opposition parties having shown the same activity during the
election campaign. For instance, on H1, which gives parties broadcast
time comparatively equally, the broadcast time given to RPA nearly
100 times exceeds the index of Nor Zhamanakner Party.

In B. Navasardian’s words, a brightly expressed positive balance
towards these three parties was registered in broadcasts of observed
TV companies. Thus, 132 positive and 14 negative characterizing
mentionings were registered about RPA, 66 positive and 5 negative
about ARFD, 110 positive and 8 negative about Bargavach Hayastan. And
OYP’s balance, on the contrary, is abruptly negative: 3 positive and
88 negative mentionings.

According to the observations of YPC Chairman, the picture is a
little different in printed media. In his words, RPA, BH, OYP and
ARFD are leaders in the respect of frequency of mentioning in printed
media. However, according to monitoring results, in difference to
TV companies, RPA, BH and ARFD have a negative balance, which was
formed due to publications of Haykakan Zhamanak and Aravot private
newspapers. In B. Navasardian’s words, balance of especially negative
mentionings was registered in case of OYP, which, in his words, is
conditioned by scandal publication of overheard talk of A. Baghdasarian
and the British diplomat.