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  • Boris Navasardyan: Coverage Of The Campaign Was Almost Exemplary

    BORIS NAVASARDYAN: COVERAGE OF THE CAMPAIGN WAS ALMOST EXEMPLARY
    Karen Ghazaryan

    "Radiolur"
    01.06.2009 15:31

    The Yerevan Press Club today presented an interim report on the
    coverage of the elections for the Yerevan City Council by 7 Armenian
    TV channels. The monitoring was conducted with the financial assistance
    of the Open Society Institute.

    The monitoring was conducted in two stages - before the start of the
    election campaign and during the campaign. The final report will be
    ready in a few days.

    Presenting the general content of the monitoring, President of the
    Yerevan Press Club Boris Navasardyan noted that the coverage of this
    campaign differed from that of the presidential elections. According
    to Boris Navasardyan, the materials presented by media and the
    technologies used by the participating forces did not tend to prove
    that the rival was worse. On the contrary, every political force had
    the objective to prove that it was better.

    The content of seven TV channels in Armenia was monitored. With
    regard to the Public Television, Boris Navasardyan said: "This time
    the Public TV ensured almost exemplary coverage."

    Six other TV channels included the Second Armenian Channel, ALM (both
    aired all over the territory of the republic), ArmNews, Yerkir Media,
    Kentron and Shant. "This was a neutral, and even a kind campaign,"
    this is the conclusion experts of the Yerevan Pres s Club drew

    Summing up the results, Boris Navasardyan stated: "This proves that
    our electronic media can be rather unbiased if they want so. If they
    are not neutral, then they don't want to or are not allowed to."
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