ARMENIAN MEDIA MUST IGNORE AGGRESSIVE DISPLAYS OF CRIMINAL WORLD
Yerevan, September 7. ArmInfo. "Armenian Mass Media must ignore the
aggressive displays of criminal structures," says Hovhanness Galajyan,
editor of the newspaper "Iravunk," at the discussions on the topic
"Armenia at the pre- election stage and the violence wave with respect
to Mass Media representatives," Thursday. To recap, H. Galajyan
was beaten up by the two unknown, Wednesday. H. Galajyan says the
criminals phoned and threatened to him last night. He explains the
incident with the fact that the criminal structures in Armenia are
sure that only violence may exert pressure on Mass Media.
He called journalists stop giving a way to fear for the pressure they
are subjected to brings no results.
In his turn, Tatul Hakopyan, the analyst of the Armenian Public Radio,
is sure that many groupings will do their best to take control over
many newspapers in the election race of 2007. He says that all those
interested in getting as many votes as possible may increase the
circulation of some newspapers up to 20,000 copies. He explains
that at present only newspapers tend towards free pluralism of
opinions. As regards e-media, including TV and radio companies, they
observe political ethics with respect to the incumbent authorities,
T. Hakopyan said.