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THE WAVE OF MISINFORMATION HITS THE LEBANESE MEDIA SHORE
Shahan Kandaharian
Aztag Daily
Sept 15 2009
Lebanon
Some Lebanese media outlets have been lured into the
Turkish-Azerbeidjani misinformation trap. This is not surprising
because when internationally known media outlets willingly or
unwillingly are giving place to Azerbeidjani false information,
wrong reports circulate reaching to all kinds of media outlets.
The first shocking mis-information had to do with the withdrawal of the
Armenian forces from the liberated territories. This piece of news,
launched from Turkey and Azerbeidjan, stated that the Armenian side
has already agreed to yield to the demand of withdrawal from the seven
liberated terriroties. We didn't come across to any report that proved
the opposite and refuted the mis-information. The falsehood of the
information was obvious at first sight; nevertheless, the absence of
its negation led to the spreading of the news. Specially that the news
followed the august 31 pre-signing of the Armenian-Tukish protocols.
Second, another similar mis-information, with a similar
distribution rate came to perch on the branches of the Lebanese
media field. Azerbeidjani media outlets have used the pictures of
the dead Georgian soldiers, who had lost their lives because of
the Georgian clashes that had taken place on the Georgian-Armenian
border, to spread a false news that the Armenian forces had attacked
Azerbeidjani territories on the way of Aghdam and had encountered
resistance. The Armenian "attacks" had caused five casualties. There
was not one international, regional and local (Lebanese) news outlet
that had missed the news. The official declaration of the Mountainous
Karapagh Republic Defense ministry issued on the next day wasn't
enough to refute the mis-information.
If in the first case the deception that was propagated was that even
before the signing of the protocols between Armenia and Turkey there
was movement in that area, at the same time underlining the defeat of
the Armenian side, in the case of the second the attempt was to show
the combativeness of the Azerbeidjani army and the aggressiveness of
the Armenian side.
However, in both cases the chosen time and the logic of the sequence of
the mis-information is interesting. What is being said is that for the
Turkish and Azerbeidjani policies there's no omition of the Karapagh
issue from the pre-signed protocols. Karapagh is related to these
processes and no progress will be achieved in the Armenian-Turkish
relations without any serious step being taken in the resolution of the
Karapagh conflict. Turkey is spreading news that the Armenian forces
will withdraw from the liberated territories. And the Azerbeidjanis
are trying to manipulate proofs for the mis-information concerning
their military superiority.
Till this day the Armenian side has not responded properly to those
mis-information blows. Although virtually those are not true but
nevertheless an announcement must be made that Turkey and Azerbeidjan
are spreading news that have no truth in them whatsoever.
However, this is not all yet. The Lebanese Nahar Daily shone on its
first page the "masterpiece" of Marwan Iskandar. Speaking about almost
everything, he explicitly and boldly said that in 1992 the Armenians
committed an actual massacre against the Azerbeidjani Muslims.
Before questioning Marwan Iskandar's knowledge on the Caucasus region,
we must think about what led a prominent newspaper like Nahar to allow
the publication of such a statement on its front page. This not just
the issue of Marwan Iskandar. Giving a religious label to the Karapagh
conflict, trying to ignite an Islam-Armenian confrontation and claiming
Armenians to be mass murderers in Karapagh is a Nahar issue more than
being a Marwan Iskandar issue. And if the silence and the indifference
of the Armenian side both on the state level and on the level of
public opinion will continue, that would be above all else our issue!
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Shahan Kandaharian
Aztag Daily
Sept 15 2009
Lebanon
Some Lebanese media outlets have been lured into the
Turkish-Azerbeidjani misinformation trap. This is not surprising
because when internationally known media outlets willingly or
unwillingly are giving place to Azerbeidjani false information,
wrong reports circulate reaching to all kinds of media outlets.
The first shocking mis-information had to do with the withdrawal of the
Armenian forces from the liberated territories. This piece of news,
launched from Turkey and Azerbeidjan, stated that the Armenian side
has already agreed to yield to the demand of withdrawal from the seven
liberated terriroties. We didn't come across to any report that proved
the opposite and refuted the mis-information. The falsehood of the
information was obvious at first sight; nevertheless, the absence of
its negation led to the spreading of the news. Specially that the news
followed the august 31 pre-signing of the Armenian-Tukish protocols.
Second, another similar mis-information, with a similar
distribution rate came to perch on the branches of the Lebanese
media field. Azerbeidjani media outlets have used the pictures of
the dead Georgian soldiers, who had lost their lives because of
the Georgian clashes that had taken place on the Georgian-Armenian
border, to spread a false news that the Armenian forces had attacked
Azerbeidjani territories on the way of Aghdam and had encountered
resistance. The Armenian "attacks" had caused five casualties. There
was not one international, regional and local (Lebanese) news outlet
that had missed the news. The official declaration of the Mountainous
Karapagh Republic Defense ministry issued on the next day wasn't
enough to refute the mis-information.
If in the first case the deception that was propagated was that even
before the signing of the protocols between Armenia and Turkey there
was movement in that area, at the same time underlining the defeat of
the Armenian side, in the case of the second the attempt was to show
the combativeness of the Azerbeidjani army and the aggressiveness of
the Armenian side.
However, in both cases the chosen time and the logic of the sequence of
the mis-information is interesting. What is being said is that for the
Turkish and Azerbeidjani policies there's no omition of the Karapagh
issue from the pre-signed protocols. Karapagh is related to these
processes and no progress will be achieved in the Armenian-Turkish
relations without any serious step being taken in the resolution of the
Karapagh conflict. Turkey is spreading news that the Armenian forces
will withdraw from the liberated territories. And the Azerbeidjanis
are trying to manipulate proofs for the mis-information concerning
their military superiority.
Till this day the Armenian side has not responded properly to those
mis-information blows. Although virtually those are not true but
nevertheless an announcement must be made that Turkey and Azerbeidjan
are spreading news that have no truth in them whatsoever.
However, this is not all yet. The Lebanese Nahar Daily shone on its
first page the "masterpiece" of Marwan Iskandar. Speaking about almost
everything, he explicitly and boldly said that in 1992 the Armenians
committed an actual massacre against the Azerbeidjani Muslims.
Before questioning Marwan Iskandar's knowledge on the Caucasus region,
we must think about what led a prominent newspaper like Nahar to allow
the publication of such a statement on its front page. This not just
the issue of Marwan Iskandar. Giving a religious label to the Karapagh
conflict, trying to ignite an Islam-Armenian confrontation and claiming
Armenians to be mass murderers in Karapagh is a Nahar issue more than
being a Marwan Iskandar issue. And if the silence and the indifference
of the Armenian side both on the state level and on the level of
public opinion will continue, that would be above all else our issue!
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress