Another false interview on 1NEWS.az website this time with Armenian
Ombudsman
2009-03-12 12:50:00
ArmInfo. Azerbaijani website 1NEWS.az has replenished its line of
false interviews with another interview this time with Armenian
Ombudsman Armen Haroutiunyan. In this connection,
the press-service of the Armenian Ombudsman has disseminated the report
below.
‘On March 11 portal has published an ‘exclusive interview’
by 1news.az special correspondent to Armenia Mark Merkuryev with
Armenian Ombudsman Armen Haroutiunyan entitled "Armen Haroutiunyan:
Human rights protection in Armenia in Crisis". We are very grateful to
the author not-existing in Armenia for such high attention to human
rights problems in Armenia. Such problems are characteristic to any
country in the post-Soviet area including in the South Caucasus. In
this context, ombudsmen should be impartial in their assessments.
However, the comment on the exclusiveness of the non-existing interview
with Armenian ombudsman is not clear. It is a direct violation of both
journalistic ethics and competence as well as the acknowledged
international norms of copyright protection, which may lead to certain
responsibility. Actually, covering human rights issues the author
violates them at the same time. The good selection of texts from
various sources of information accompanied with invented questions is
not the best example of journalistic creativity. The address to the
visitors of the website says: "YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO BE
INFORMED on our website! The quality is guaranteed." We urge you to
stop such practice of false interviews. We propose you a good format,
an interview with South Caucasus Ombudsman. The impartiality of every
one will reflect the level of pluralism in the given public’, the
source reports.