"Blogger" Tigran Sargsyan and the yellow press

At a government meeting there were some turning point in relation to the perception of the world, "the Prime Minister of all Armenians" Tigran Sargsyan. In particular, concerning to the media-government relationship, but rather the media- Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.

A few years ago, when Tigran Sargsyan was just appointed Prime Minister, and the first task was to present possible in a favorable and positive light, one of the most authoritative newspapers in Armenia, "Aravot", introduced another publication about the latest incident involving the governor of Syunik Surik Khachatryan.

At a subsequent meeting after the publication the government of Prime sternly said to the world, that after this no one will go unpunished, and asked the Minister of Local Administration Armen Gevorgyan to investigate and, if necessary, to punish the guilty governor.

Even before the publication of the Governor of Syunik many rumors were written, and everyone knew who Surik Khachatryan was. It took some time, and the investigation concluded that the Prime announced that Surik Khachatryan was unfairly maligned, he's just innocent, and that the government should continue to pay attention to page tabloid, as the yellow press is full of slander.

Several years passed. At today's meeting, Prime Minister expressed his concern that some organs refuse to serve people on the basis of ID cards, claiming to provide a mandatory passport. "Today, we get a lot of inquiries and complaints, particularly in blogs of radio" Van" on the possibility of citizens to use identification cards when receiving various services without a passport," The Pprime Minister said, opening the secret where he got the correct information from.

Progress is more than obvious. Apparently, blogging of Tigran Sargsyan is not so inconclusive and, in fact, the society even benefits of Premier's blogging. Another question is that the newspaper "Aravot" can be justly offended, thinking that that was the Prime Minister, who once gave the paper the term "yellow press", and now he is engaged in PR of blog of radio "Van". 

Lusine Kesoyan