{"id":23795,"date":"2020-08-20T11:14:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T11:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.am\/?p=23795"},"modified":"2020-09-02T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T16:29:07","slug":"protests-in-belarus-on-channel-5-refuted-news-propaganda-hypotheses-and-a-conspiracy-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/verified\/2020\/08\/20\/23795\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests In Belarus On Channel 5: Refuted News, Propaganda Hypotheses, And A Conspiracy Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"

The demonstrations taking place after the elections in Belarus were actively covered by the Armenian Channel 5. On August 17-18, there were mistakes on the TV channel on the topic of Belarus and manipulation\u2024 The Russian propaganda theses were repeated, and an extremist activist was introduced as an expert. The channel broadcast the same false statement about the protester killed in Minsk for the second time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Channel 5 repeated the theses of the Russian propaganda program<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On August 17, Channel 5 <\/span>broadcast<\/span><\/a> a video that went viral, in which a demonstrator woman spoke about being beaten by the police. The host then said that this was not an ordinary protester, but a woman who had been arrested many times for prostitution, who was one of the coordinators of the protesters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Channel 5’s assertion in content, in some places, even literally repeated the report of the Russian propaganda channel \u0421\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u044c\u0435\u0432 Live. The founder of the channel, Vladimir Solovyov, has repeatedly spread unverified manipulative information. This time, Solovyov <\/span>claimed<\/span><\/a> that the girl in the video was a sex worker who had previously been arrested for her work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Solovyov did not provide any evidence for this assertion. In the same way, without substantiation, this assertion was repeated by Channel 5. Moreover, it is not clear why the alleged sex worker could not have been a victim of violence by the security forces. Neither Channel 5 nor Solovyov explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

Solovyov claimed that the girl had organized the demonstrators to beat the officers of the OMON (special police detachment). A recording of a conversation is brought as evidence, but it is not clear from the video who the speaker is.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the way, Solovyov’s claims were spread by the Belarusian pro-government Telegram channels and fake users.<\/span><\/p>\n

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