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MEDIA IN ARMENIA FAR FROM SELF-REGULATION

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Media Self-regulation System Creation Prospects in Armenia seminar was held Monday by Yerevan Press Club in Congress Hotel in Yerevan. The club has conducted a survey in association with the OSCE Yerevan office as part of preparations for the seminar.

As many as 109 people, including prominent journalists as well as local and overseas media outlets’ representatives, have been questioned.

The survey shows a vast majority of Armenian lawmakers writing articles first of all take into consideration opinions of media outlets’ editors.

Then they take into account public interests and tastes. Few of them give priority to such a concept as the freedom of own opinion expression.

The public opinion poll also shows people mostly appreciate unbiased and reliable information.

The poll revealed that media representatives admitted the fact of the lack of factors necessary for truly independent and objective journalism in Armenia, sociologist Nelson Shahnazaryan said speaking at the seminar.

The head of A1+ company Mesrop Movsessyan said nowadays it is impossible to get clear information from Armenian TV channels, because they are far from professionalism and go round in circles.

The club’s chair Boris Navasardyan finished the seminar optimistically. He wished those beating journalists would be punished and all the TV channels closed would resume functioning.