Background of the Issue: On April 14, 2010 Susanna Shakhnazarian, President of Goris Press Club, Syuniq region, addressed the Media Ethics Observatory requesting to render an expert judgment on the conformity of the conduct of the local newspaper “Gortsarar Hayeli” employees to the professional ethics. In her letter the Head of Goris Press Club, particularly, noted that she permanently received calls, informing that the representatives of “Gortsarar Hayeli” visit the organizations of Goris and propose to write articles about them and make interviews for a certain compensation.
MEO sent a letter to the Chief Editor of the newspaper Marineh Hakobian, offering its mediation in the conflict (“Gortsarar Hayeli” is not a member of the media self-regulation initiative). The newspaper did not respond to the offer.