AZERBAIJANI E-MEDIA 1NEWS VIOLATES MEDIA ETHICS AGAIN

arminfo
2008-08-05 15:04:00

ArmInfo. Azerbaijani e-media 1NEWS is still engaged in plagiarism
and ignores elementary norms of media ethics. irector of Oriental
Studies Institute, National Academy of Science of Armenia, Professor
Ruben Safrastyan refuted his ‘exclusive interview’ with 1NEWS entitled
‘Turkish party has been trying to soften its stance on Armenia since
the spring of 2007’. R. Sarfrastyan underlined that he gave such
interview to an Armenian newspaper and not the ‘secret correspondent of
1NEWS in Armenia’. Moreover, there is no such correspondent in Armenia.

Earlier, the given e-media 1NEWS published another interview with
Armenian Parliamentarian Hranush Hakopyan who told ArmInfo she gave
no interview not only to that news site but to any Azerbaijani mass
media in general, and called the ‘interview’ another disinformation
by Azerbaijan. This case is not the first in the practice of our
Azerbaijani colleagues, as spokeswoman of RA Prosecutor General Sona
Truzyan told ArmInfo earlier that the alleged exclusive interview
with the prosecutor general, published on July 18 in the Azerbaijani
site is in fact a reprinting of the interview given
to the Armenian ‘H2’ TV channel broadcasted on June 30.

ArmInfo has repeatedly commented on the activity of the given
Azerbaijani media. However, this media has found nothing but plagiarism
and misinformation to push through its website. We have nothing to do
but hope for the Azerbaijani pseudo- website to find more professional
way of communication with readers.