ONE-SIDED COVERAGE OF CANDIDATES’ ELECTION CAMPAIGNS BY PRINTED MEDIA IS CONDITIONED BY UNEQUAL CONDITIONS IN POLITICAL SPHERE, HAYK’S EDITOR CONSIDERS
Noyan Tapan
Feb 12, 2008
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Some media provide one-sided
information today in Armenia. Saying this at the February 11 press
conference, Hakob Avetikian, the editor-in-chief of the Azg daily,
added that readers prefering printed media should read at least three
newspapers to get a complete idea about situation in different spheres.
According to Spartak Seyranian, the editor-in-chief of the Yerkir
official newspaper of the ARF Dashnaktsutiun Armenian Supreme
Body, today we have a lack of civilized coverage in media and some
journalists do not keep the rules of professional ethics. He does not
agree to the opinion that due to limited circulation printed media
do not influence the public opinion. "The most serious, interested,
thinking, active part of society reads a newspaper," S. Seyranian said.
Vasak Darbinian, the editor-in-chief of the Hayk daily, said that
it is needless to speak about balanced coverage of RA presidential
candidates’ election campaigns proceeding in these days if there are
unequal conditions in the political sphere, the rules of the game are
violated. "Today the presidential candidates not keeping the rules
are far from conducting a civilized election campaign. And under these
conditions it is needless to speak about keeping journalistic rules,"
V. Darbinian said.