{"id":20162,"date":"2020-03-13T15:30:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T15:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.am\/?p=20162"},"modified":"2020-03-13T15:30:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T15:30:02","slug":"armen-ohanyan-in-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/in-the-library\/2020\/03\/13\/20162\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Library: Armen Ohanyan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Armen Ohanyan in the library of Media Initiatives Center<\/p>\n<p>Fiction writer and PEN Armenia president Armen Ohanyan things that slip-ups and failures create grounds for criticism. He reminds the words of the Kurtan man that had a conversation with the Prime Minister,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very important for the public to get silent. If there are no moments of silence, if we don\u2019t stop for a moment, if don\u2019t feel our helplessness and if we don\u2019t faint from powerlessness, all the talks will remain at the level of \u201ca proposed toast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This incident was an occasion to admit how powerful the media is, how easily it can shock the public. However, it\u2019s the media that defines the purpose of shocking,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have lived long enough in the times of concealing problems and the propaganda of nebulous phrasings. We know what it means to be disconnected and out-of-touch.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-n3z1zltw_yy\" class=\"arve\">\n<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-n3z1zltw_yy\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/n3Z1zLtW_YY?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/n3Z1zLtW_YY?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media.am\\\/en\\\/in-the-library\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/13\\\/20162\\\/#arve-youtube-n3z1zltw_yy\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/n3Z1zLtW_YY?iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Armen Ohanyan says that the exhausted society learns to become more caring also with the help of such incidents. After all, this is a sign of a powerful state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Gegham Vardanyan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armen Ohanyan in the library of Media Initiatives Center Fiction writer and PEN Armenia president Armen Ohanyan things that slip-ups and failures create grounds for criticism. He reminds the words of the Kurtan man that had a conversation with the Prime Minister, \u201cIt\u2019s very important for the public to get silent. 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