{"id":9948,"date":"2018-06-11T18:22:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T18:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.am\/the-government-is-the-media\/"},"modified":"2018-06-11T18:22:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T18:22:30","slug":"the-government-is-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/newsroom\/2018\/06\/11\/9948\/","title":{"rendered":"The Government Is The Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">During the formation of a new government following the Velvet Revolution, several media representatives had moved to the executive body.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Not forgetting the the leader of the revolution, Nikol Pashinyan, is a journalist by profession and edited Armtimes for many years, &nbsp;let\u2019s mention those people who have represented the media in the past or up until joining the ranks of the new executive body.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On June 1, Sargis Khandanyan, a prominent political scientist and anthropologist, who is more recognized for his broadcasts from CivilNet, was appointed Deputy Chief of the Government Staff. On May 31, according to his Facebook account, Khandanyan completed his work at the Aurora humanitarian initiative.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1750\/42015537704_1fa80f4908_z.jpg&quot; \" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The next day the head of the government&#8217;s staff Eduard Aghajanyan wrote on this subject from his Facebook page saying \u201cThe people are now the government.\u201d Aghajanyan meant that Sargis Khandanyan hosted his original program on CivilNet called \u201cThe Voice of the People,\u201d broadcasting on behalf of the people. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Journalist Karpis Pashoyan was appointed as the Spokesperson for the First Deputy Prime Minister, Ararat Mirzoyan, on May 21. Until then, Pashoyan, a journalist working for Hraparak daily, explained the reason for accepting Ararat Mirzoyan\u2019s offer on Facebook. \u201cThere was one motivation, to contribute to the preservation of the achievements and results of the revolution, as well as to make my own small contribution in the difficult task of building a new Armenia. I am confident that with media, journalists and the general public we will be able to cooperate and work together effectively.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Of course, it is an interesting job,\u201d wrote Karpis Pashoyan.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1727\/28859581068_7e32287a9a_z.jpg&quot;\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">First Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia, Mirzoyan, called Karpis Pashoyan a \u201cwonderful person\u201d and added \u201cthe complaints of the media from the recent past have a different addressee, I\u2019m done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One of Pashoyan\u2019s latest posts on Facebook says \u201cI am the press, the press is in me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"606\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fkarpis.pashoyan%2Fposts%2F1725831037510917%3A0&amp;width=500\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Political analyst and editor-in-chief of Alik Media (Wave Media), Arsen Kharatyan, as per decision of Nikol Pashinyan, was appointed Advisor to the Prime Minister on June 4.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1731\/41833247695_15041fa7b2_z.jpg&quot; \" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On June 2, more than three weeks after the appointment of the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan appointed his Press Secretary. He is Arman Yeghoyan. Lawyer-Historyan Yeghoyan has also worked in the Armenian-Georgian media platform founded in Georgia, Alik Media, since 2016.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1745\/28859576928_a178beca75_z.jpg&quot; \" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">After his appointment, Arman Yeghoyan posted a status on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"359\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Farman.yeghoyan%2Fposts%2F1961568243867008&amp;width=500\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Spokesperson for the RA Minister of Diaspora is Nune Turanyan, who worked at Public Radio, Marshall, A1+, Dar21 and other TV stations, with ParaTV being her most recent workplace.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1730\/41833227955_085b2314a9_z.jpg&quot; \" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mane Madoyan, former director of Public Relations at Yerevan Zoo, and former YSU News Manager, was appointed as the spokesperson for the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Mane Tandilyan, on June 6.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1721\/41833223345_16fe2b0452_z.jpg&quot;\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">By the way, David Sanasaryan, the Head of State Control Service, was also a media representative. In 2012-2013 he was the editor-in-chief of the website Lurer.com.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We need time to evaluate if having a large number of journalists in government will extend the limits of freedom of speech or information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteright\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Gagik Aghbalyan<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the formation of a new government following the Velvet Revolution, several media representatives had moved to the executive body. 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