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Blindspots

Stories one side covered widely while the other barely noticed them. How we decide

Pro-government media

Stories this side barely noticed

17stories

  1. Father Asoghik criticizes UNESCO chief's failure to visit Etchmiadzin

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 12 of 22

    15 sources

  2. Archbishop Ezras consecrates new Armenian church in Ivanovo

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 9 of 22

    10 sources

  3. Court rejects Alen Simonyan's lawsuit against Edgar Ghazaryan

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 13 of 19

    18 sources

  4. Samvel Karapetyan to renovate Gyumri's Kirk Kerkorian Street

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 9 of 22

    11 sources

  5. Trump suspends new Russia sanctions mandated by law

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 9 of 22

    12 sources

  6. Five people treated after chlorine exposure at Yerevan Wellness pool

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 10 of 22

    13 sources

  7. Pezeshkian: US and Israeli war threatens ecosystems

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 10 of 22

    14 sources

  8. Protest held outside Government building on the eve of COP17

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 9 of 22

    14 sources

  9. Lawyer: 12-year-old regularly beaten at Yerevan School No. 98

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 10 of 22

    13 sources

  10. Aram I: There were internal and external attempts to destroy our identity

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 9 of 22

    10 sources

  11. Zhoghovurd: Mesrop Manukyan may lose his parliamentary mandate

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 9 of 22

    10 sources

  12. Sixth flight this year with deportees from Germany arrives in Armenia

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 10 of 22

    12 sources

  13. Anna Hakobyan's petition against domestic violence reaches universities

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 12 of 22

    15 sources

  14. Artsakh Monuments: Azerbaijan destroyed two monuments in Shosh village

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 12 of 22

    15 sources

  15. Azerbaijani soldier claims he had no intention of harming anyone

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 11 of 22

    15 sources

  16. Ani Avetisyan recounts details of the armed incident in Shaki

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 13 of 22

    20 sources

  17. Tsarukyan's lawyer releases video on case involving Iranian nationals

    Pro-government 0 of 6 Opposition 16 of 22

    20 sources

Opposition media

Stories this side barely noticed

6stories

  1. State to subsidize interest rates on loans for energy storage batteries

    Opposition 2 of 22 Pro-government 3 of 6

    8 sources

  2. UN Secretary-General António Guterres visits TUMO center

    Opposition 2 of 22 Pro-government 4 of 6

    11 sources

  3. Zhanna Andreasyan receives Kyrgyzstan's education ministers

    Opposition 3 of 22 Pro-government 4 of 6

    12 sources

  4. UN flag raised in Yerevan ahead of COP17

    Opposition 3 of 22 Pro-government 4 of 6

    10 sources

  5. Deputy Defense Minister Karen Brutyan attends AUSA conference in Washington

    Opposition 3 of 22 Pro-government 5 of 6

    13 sources

  6. Ministry and benefactor Davit Tonoyan sign memorandum on Havuts Tar

    Opposition 2 of 22 Pro-government 4 of 6

    14 sources

Every tag is re-checked daily for seven days.

How Median works

Methodology

News from all sides

01

We gather

We continuously read what Armenian and international outlets publish.

43Armenian outlets

41international outlets

02

We combine

Every article about the same event becomes one story.

03

We see who writes

Every outlet has a side. We set it from ownership, funding and track record.

04

Only the facts

A neutral headline and 2–4 sentences.

Shameful decision. The government outrageously raised the gas price

  • Judgement
  • Drama
  • Opinion

05

The whole picture

The bar shows what share of each side's outlets covered the story.

Pro-government 4 of 6 67%
Balanced 7 of 12 58%
Opposition 10 of 22 45%

The sides are compared with each other on a 100% scale, so small and large groups weigh the same.

06

Blindspot

When one side covers a story widely and the other barely mentions it.

  • Pro-government 0%
  • Balanced 26%
  • Opposition 74%
  1. One side: 15% or less
  2. The other side: 40% or more, with 3+ outlets
  3. The story is at least 4 hours old

Blindspot: pro-government media

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