Pashinyan's Biased Approach: 10 Media Outlets Banned From Briefing
Date
1/11/2023 1:12:56 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) By trend
The Union of Journalists of Armenia protests against
discrimination in the selection of media outlets for Armenian Prime
Minister Nikol Pashinyan's briefing, trend reports, citing Armenian media.
According to the Union of Journalists of Armenia, about ten
media outlets were denied participation in the press conference of
Pashinyan, which will be held on January 10.
'No reasonable explanation for the ban on the participation of
these media outlets has been officially presented, which has
already caused reasonable suspicions that some media outlets were
deprived of participation in Nikol Pashinyan's press conference for
their non-governmental position. However, on the other hand,
several non-governmental media were also invited to participate in
the press conference,' the statement reads.
The Union condemned the discrimination shown, and called for the
cancellation of this discriminatory decision and ensuring the
participation of all media representatives without exception.
'We call on the government staff to cancel this discriminatory
decision as soon as possible and ensure the participation of all
media representatives without exception at the press conference on
January 10. Accountability, transparency and public control, for
which government officials are forced to hold press conferences,
cannot be fragmented, discriminatory or selective. Otherwise, all
the goals for which such public events are planned are distorted,'
the document says.
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