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MOM Armenia reports that Factor.am is owned by Factor Information Center NGO, founded by Arevhat Sahakyan, Avetik Ishkhanyan, Artur Sakunts and Levon Barseghyan, with Sahakyan as director.
Media Ownership Monitor Armenia · 2025 · Open the source
Factor.am is owned by Factor Information Center NGO, founded by Arevhat Sahakyan, Avetik Ishkhanyan, Artur Sakunts, and Levon Barseghyan. According to the organization's response, Sahakyan currently serves as director. MOM Armenia reports that, per its 2024 financial report, the NGO's grant income was AMD 187,555,000, out of total 2024 revenue of AMD 215,986,000 listed on the same page.
Media Ownership Monitor Armenia · 2025 · Open the source
According to the 2024 financial report, the NGO's grant income was 187,555,000 AMD (478,456 USD). MOM Armenia reports that co-founder Levon Barseghyan ran in 2025 as the European Alliance party's candidate for mayor of Gyumri.
Media Ownership Monitor Armenia · 2025 · Open the source
In 2025, he ran as the European Alliance party candidate for mayor of Gyumri but did not pass the electoral threshold. ODIHR reports that Factor TV was part of a joint election fact-checking newsroom with Hetq, CivilNet, media.am and Ampop Media.
OSCE/ODIHR · 2026-06-08 · p. 15 · Open the source
The news room comprised representatives of Hetq, CivilNet, Factor TV, media.am, and Ampop Media, and published over 60 fact-checking and investigative articles related to disinformation narratives. MOM Armenia reports that Factor.am's journalists frequently put pointed questions to both government and opposition representatives.
Media Ownership Monitor Armenia · 2025 · Open the source
The outlet's journalists frequently pose pointed questions to both government and opposition representatives. Yerevan Press Club found that Factor TV sought to cover the 2026 campaign as correctly as possible.
Yerevan Press Club · 2026-07 · p. 14 · Open the source
“Factor TV” sought to cover the campaign as correctly as possible. Yerevan Press Club found that CivilNet and Factor TV attempted to include as few evaluative (positive or negative) references to parties as possible.
Yerevan Press Club · 2026-07 · p. 9 · Open the source
Among the studied channels, “CivilNet” and “Factor TV” attempted to include as few references with sign-based characteristics as possible in materials devoted to parties and blocs. RSF names Factor.am among independent news sites fulfilling an independent watchdog role.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) · 2026 · Open the source
independent news sites such as Civilnet.am, hetq.am, Factor.am and Azatutyun.am are thriving and fulfilling an independent watchdog role that is essential in a democracy. This is a separate axis, not pro-government or opposition, and it does not affect the label.
DFRLab reports that Factor is one of only three mainstream outlets in its ranking of Russian-source citations, trailing pro-Russian outlets well behind.
DFRLab (Atlantic Council) · 2026-08-24 · Open the source
The only mainstream outlets that appear in the ranking (1in, Factor, 168) trail well behind, citing Russian sources at a fraction of the volume. 4 articles analysed: 2 with loaded wording, 2 neutral.
What happenedGlobes: Elbit Systems to supply Azerbaijan with $235m in rockets
Left out The headline states as fact that Azerbaijan is buying new weapons from Israel, without saying it rests on a Globes report citing sources; the summary notes the company named only a "European" customer and did not comment.
OriginalWhat happenedEAEU report: suspending Armenia's membership could raise gas prices 69%
Emphasis States that the gas price "will rise" by 69%; the summary and Oragir.news present the rise as a possibility ("could rise") in the report's scenario.
OriginalWhat happenedArmenian parliament and UNDP sign memorandum on parliamentary development
Neutral States who signed what and on which subject, in the same terms as the neutral headline.
OriginalEvery quote is checked: it appears word for word in its source. The highlighted words in the examples are taken unchanged from that outlet's own article.
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