Following the Armenian media, it’s not hard to come to a conclusion that the vast majority of them is party-affiliated, even though almost none of them admits it. I mean, they do not set a goal to present the life in all its diversity rather than just in compliance with the party line, to blacken or whiten things and people in a way that is beneficial to the interests of their group.
Accordingly, either exclusively positive events are conducted in Armenia, or generally nothing good happens in Armenia, and what is presented as a positive, it’s a lie and fabrication. For instances, the Armenian tablet, or “Yerevan Mall.” On the other hand, those who present only the pink scenes of the life, do not want to see that, for example, former Syunik Governor’s son (or perhaps the Governor himself) killed a man, and the prosecution “slipped” them. Or, for instances, that young RPA members are attacking people without any grounds. You will not find a single negative word in one group of the media regarding a certain politician, whereas in the opposite group – not a single positive word about the same person. The situation is the same when covering international events. In recent Ukrainian events, either “Berkut” atrocities (which are really awful) were described, or no less brutal actions of armed insurgents.
At one time (in 1905), Lenin wrote an article, which all of us were passing at schools and universities: “Party Organization and Party Literature”. In this article, the freedom of expression is hypocrisy invented by the bourgeoisie to conceal the addictions of the authors from money pouch. If you are a social-democrat, you are obligated to implement the decisions of the party congress with what you wrote. Don’t you want? Farewell. Go and tell your lies where you want. And, generally, literature should become a part of common party business. “Down with non-partisan authors!” summarizes his thought the leader of the proletariat. It comes clear from the context that the matter is not so much about fiction rather than the publicity.
At one time, one of Arab Khalifas, Omar, said, the books that repeat the content of the Koran, are unnecessary, whereas, the books that have other content are harmful. Today, many of journalist and publicist in Armenia would agree with this wording: instead of Koran meaning their own “party line.”
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ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
