Art of no cursing according to editor
"There can be no freedom of press in Armenia until we don't have a free economy like in Western countries," emphasized editor of the "Aravot" newspaper Aram Abrahamyan during a press conference as he touched upon perspectives for development of Armenian presses.
According to Abrahamyan, in addition to economic issues, there are also subjective issues for printed press. For instance, distributors have more papers than the editors. According to Aram Abrahamyan, the distribution of papers has not fully developed as a business because there are still certain issues.
"Professionalism is also an issue. If I print the picture of the president with the body of an animal on the first page of my paper and write "scoundrel" next to it, I will not need to write an article, but that paper will sell well. That is a bad example, but the number of copies depends on that as well," said Abrahamyan.
According to Abrahamyan, "Aravot" is "targeted at readers who wish to receive objective news and want to think after reading the news."
He also underscored that Armenians read less newspapers today, especially the youth who spend more time on the Internet and social network sites.
In general, the editor of "Aravot" considers an objective to keep the balance in providing news. That is why Aram Abrahamyan is against cursing in the press and in life.
"People curse because they lack arguments. When you don't have arguments, you start cursing, putting labels, playing with emotions. I think that people must be well-disciplined in order to not curse the journalist as well," said Abrahamyan.
As far as the protocols on the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations are concerned, Aram Abrahamyan personally thinks that if the protocols are signed and ratified, the positive and negative sides must be written down.
"As a citizen, there are more positive sides, if they are ratified and implemented, which I highly doubt. I find it hard to believe that Turkey will ratify and implement them without concessions for Karabakh," says Aram Abrahamyan.
