{"id":21920,"date":"2020-06-01T11:13:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T11:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.am\/?p=21920"},"modified":"2020-06-05T16:21:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T16:21:47","slug":"%d5%b4%d5%a1%d5%b5%d5%ab%d5%bd%d5%ab-16-31-%d5%ab-%d5%af%d5%a5%d5%b2%d5%ae-%d5%b8%d6%82-%d5%b0%d5%a5%d6%80%d6%84%d5%be%d5%a1%d5%ae-%d5%ac%d5%b8%d6%82%d6%80%d5%a5%d6%80%d5%a8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/verified\/2020\/06\/01\/21920\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake And Denied News Between May 16-31"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the second half of May, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had another press conference, making a number of problematic allegations. It turned out that a book about sex was not handed out to children, and the denial of other pieces of misinformation had reached the court.<\/span><\/p>\n

Is Pashinyan’s grandfather against or for the fascists?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On May 9, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan <\/span>published<\/span><\/a> a photo of his grandfather who participated in the Great Patriotic War. He left his name, birth and death numbers and the data of the regiment he served in the description.<\/span><\/p>\n

It turned out that there is another person by the name of Nikol Pashinyan on the website <\/span>Obd-memorial.ru<\/span><\/a>, which summarizes the data of the victims of the Great Patriotic War, the missing and the dead. One of them fought in the USSR army and disappeared (the data is <\/span>not available<\/span><\/a> now), <\/span>the other<\/span><\/a> cooperated with Nazi Germany. As a result, <\/span>the question arose<\/span><\/a> as to who the Prime Minister’s grandfather was.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pashinyan edited his post a few hours later and added his grandfather’s Father’s name, and there were clarifications in the Armenian <\/span>media<\/span><\/a>. However, Russian websites started <\/span>writing<\/span><\/a> about the same thing a few days later and raised the question of why Pashinyan is silent. Referring to <\/span>Info24.ru<\/span><\/a>, this false news was spread by several Azerbaijani websites, including <\/span>cbc.az<\/span><\/a>, which creates Armenian content.<\/span><\/p>\n

On May 17, the Russian “Tass” news agency <\/span>published<\/span><\/a> the denial that Pashinyan’s grandfather had fought against the Red Army. The Prime Minister’s spokeswoman Mane Ghorgyan commented that the spread of such news pursues political goals.<\/span><\/p>\n

A book about sex was not handed out to children<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On May 25, Facebook user David Atanesyan <\/span>announced<\/span><\/a> that a woman had handed out a “sacrilegious book” entitled “Orgasm for you, or for orgasm for me” to his 9-year-old son and other children on a Vartanants street. Atanesyan had made death threats several times in the video, blaming the “blasphemers” for the incident and linking it to trans people without any grounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Media.am <\/span>touched upon<\/span><\/a> the topic and found out that this video has gathered hundreds of thousands of views. Atanesyan’s concerns have been covered by several TV channels (<\/span>Armnews<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Channel 5<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Armenia TV<\/span><\/a>) and numerous websites. They also <\/span>touched upon<\/span><\/a> the topic in the National Assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, two days later <\/span>it became known<\/span><\/a> that the news did not correspond to reality. The child confessed to the police that he had found the book and that no one had given it to him.<\/span><\/p>\n

The scientific degree of Andranik Kocharyan’s son<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On May 14, Smbat Gogyan, the head of the Higher Qualification Committee, <\/span>made a post<\/span><\/a> about his resignation, announcing the reasons for the decision. The day after this publication, alternativ.am <\/span>spread<\/span><\/a> a news piece with a manipulative title.<\/span><\/p>\n

The headline states that “Andranik Kocharyan’s son was awarded a scientific degree the day after Smbat Gogyan’s resignation,” but the content says that “the order was signed by Gogyan himself, and the professional commission gave a positive assessment to the work.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Combining several factors, the website came to a conclusion based on assumptions that there were heated discussions in the NOC regarding the scientific work of the son of the NA deputy Andranik Kocharyan. Without a factual basis, he wrote, “It is not ruled out that Gogyan was pressured to ratify Kocharyan’s work, as a result of which he would be released from compulsory military service. […] And Smbat Gogyan, as a principled person, could not turn a blind eye to what had happened and decided to resign from the post of head of the structure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A few days later, Gogyan <\/span>clarified<\/span><\/a> that the fact that Levon Kocharyan received a degree had nothing to do with his resignation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The news which was based on assumptions was reprinted by several websites with the same title: <\/span>168.am<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>news.am<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>Yerevan.today<\/span><\/a> referred to the same material.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pashinyan’s press conference: Who were the coronaviruses?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On May 16, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan <\/span>held<\/span><\/a> a press conference online.<\/span><\/p>\n

Media.am <\/span>singled out<\/span><\/a> several manipulative statements made in the questions of the journalists and the answers of the Prime Minister. One of them, for example, referred to Pashinyan’s statement during the campaign for the Constitutional Amendments to remove the coronavirus with tweezers and disinfect it with vodka.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response to the question of the 5th channel, Pashinyan said that he does not remember making such a statement about the coronavirus. It turns out that Pashinyan made such a statement, but it did not refer to the coronavirus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pashinyan spoke about corrupt officials working in the state apparatus, he stated, “The coronavirus is not dangerous, they are the real coronavirus that is still destroying the body of our state system. And we will take out the coronaviruses one by one with a pair of tweezers, disinfect them with homemade vodka and send them on their way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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