NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: YEAR OF 2006 DID NOT BECOME A YEAR OF
PROGRESS FOR ARMENIAN MASS MEDIA
26-12-2006 13:45:00 | Armenia | Social
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. "The year of 2006 did
not become a year of progress for the Armenian mass media. It's
a pity, tendencies of split of our journalist's brotherhood
deepened, demands of journalists' professional duty withdrew
under the pressure of the day's instructions." The National
Press Club estimates in this way the passing year in its New
Year address, congratulating its partners upon the New Year and
Christmas and wishing them solidarity, impartiality and
succession, deliverance from different censors, creative rise,
year of freedom and justice.
It is also mentioned in the address: "The coming year of
2007 will be more complicated and difficult for media
representatives. The propaganda of the parliamentary elections,
already started non-officially, shows that it will not be free
and just. In this case, it depends on us, journalists, at what
extent the freedom of expression and the right of society to be
awared will be protected. The future of democracy in Armenia is
in our hands. Doing one's professional duty must be beyond
everything."