Hmayak Hovhannesyan has sued me, more precisely, “Aravot” has been recognized a respondent for his case, moreover, for one interview, the recording of which is available and is attached to a material and is transcribed in full in good faith. Now what is the absurd that they sued me: for writing the words of the interlocutor identically, literally the same? Yesterday, after a press conference, I said to Hmayak Hovhannisyan that I am the journalist of Aravot. Why have you told the court, “I have not talked to the journalist”? There is a recording. Haven’t you seen it on the website? And what he responds me, “I have said that the journalist has called me, but did not say that it is for publication. I meant that you would conduct a journalistic investigation. Unfortunately, the genre of journalistic investigation in our journalism is dead, you want to hear everything from me. I cannot.” I say, Mr. Hovhannisyan, the journalist is asking you a question, and what answer you give, the journalist writes it down, Hmayak Hovhannisyan responds, “Should I knew that this interview is published identically, I, of course, would be more careful. The recording is there, but technically an error has occurred, that’s it. For me, the primary thing is to get rid of the courts.” According to Hmayak Hovhannisyan, he will be defending in court approximately as follows, he would say that an interview was conducted with the journalist, but the recording did not say that your interview will be published on a definite day. According to Hmayak Hovhannisyan, the journalist, who calls and introduces to be from “Aravot” newspaper, can chat with him for hours for fun. He says, “My goal was to prompt you to go and conduct a journalistic investigation.” Now how can I explain Mr. Hovhannisyan that his goal does not match my goal and I had intended to call and ask questions about his court case with Senik Julhakyan, and it never occurred to my mind which journalistic genre Mr. Hovhannisyan wants to develop in Armenia? Now, I warn my colleagues that after the interview with him, not to forget asking at the end whether this person at that moment wants to develop the pamphlet in Armenia.
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
