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Yerkir Media

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  • Ownership and ties
  • Independent monitoring
  • Word choice

Confidence: high

Why this label

  • Ownership and ties: 1 facts
  • Independent monitoring: OSCE/ODIHR, IREX
  • Word choice: 4 cases of loaded wording in 8 analysed articles

Owners and funding

Owner not documented. No data found in the sources we accept.

Connections

ODIHR describes Yerkir Media as opposition-affiliated and notes its loss of terrestrial broadcasting in 2021–23.

OSCE/ODIHR · 2026-06-08 · p. 17 · Open the source

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Media diversity has been further reduced following the loss of terrestrial broadcasting by the opposition-affiliated H2 and Yerkir Media in 2021–23, as well as the recent closure of Shoghakat TV, affiliated with the Armenian Apostolic Church.

What independent reports say

OSCE/ODIHR

ODIHR found that Yerkir Media, together with other named outlets, consistently portrayed the government and Civil Contract negatively while giving favourable coverage to selected opposition contestants.

OSCE/ODIHR · 2026-06-08 · p. 18 · Open the source

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By contrast, Kentron, H2 and Yerkir Media televisions, as well as the news.am and panorama websites consistently portrayed the government and the Civil Contract Party negatively, while providing favourable coverage to selected opposition contestants

ODIHR found that Yerkir Media devoted 13 per cent of its coverage to Armenia Alliance, mostly positively, and 13 per cent to Civil Contract, predominantly negative in tone.

OSCE/ODIHR · 2026-06-08 · p. 18 · Open the source

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Kentron devoted 24 per cent of its coverage to Prosperous Armenia, while Yerkir Media devoted 13 per cent to Armenia Alliance, and Panorama 20 per cent to Strong Armenia, mostly in a positive tone. H2 and news.am each devoted between 12 and 13 per cent of their coverage to Strong Armenia and Armenia Alliance each, mainly positively. The Civil Contract Party received 10 per cent of the coverage on Kentron, 13 per cent on Yerkir Media, 18 per cent on H2, 21 per cent on news.am and 24 per cent on Panorama, predominantly negative in tone.

IREX

IREX's Vibrant Information Barometer 2023 (Armenia) reports that Yerkir Media was left out of the nationwide TV broadcasting licences granted in December 2022, and that the head of the National Commission on Television and Radio dismissed allegations that this was because of its oppositional stance.

IREX · 2023 · p. 11 · Open the source

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The head of NCTR dismissed allegations that Yerkir Media was left out because of its oppositional stance, stating that the decision was based solely on scoring results.

Word choice in real news

8 articles analysed: 4 with loaded wording, 4 neutral.

What happenedThe Anti-Corruption Committee accuses Strong Armenia's candidate in Stepanavan of bribing voters

Ստեփանավանի քաղաքապետի ընդդիմադիր թեկնածուն երկու ամսով կալանավորվել է

Left outFavours the opposition Calls him "the opposition candidate" and reports only the detention in the headline; the vote-bribery charge appears only further down.

Original

What happenedGagik Vanoyan dismissed as head of State Protocol Service

Փաշինյանը Ղազախստանն ու Ղրղզստանը շփոթել է և ազատել արարողակարգի պետին․ «Ժողովուրդ»

… որոշմամբ, աշխատանքից ազատվել է արարողակարգի պետ Գագիկ Վանոյանը: Մեզ հասած տեղեկությունների համաձայն՝ վարչապետ Նիկոլ Փաշինյանը կտրուկ որոշում է կայացրել՝ իր արարողակարգի պատասխանատու Գագիկ Վանոյանին պաշտոնից ազատելու վերաբերյալ։ Ըստ …

Negative framingFavours the opposition Citing Zhoghovurd, the headline says Pashinyan 'confused Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan' and then dismissed the protocol chief, giving a reason the summary says was not made public; the opening adds that he made an 'abrupt decision'.

Original

What happenedNSS: Lost Azerbaijani citizen found in Armenia's Tavush Province

ԱԱԾ-ն հաստատում է. ով է ՀՀ սահմանը հատած ադրբեջանցին. մանրամասներ

Emphasis The headline presents the NSS as 'confirming' and asks 'who is the Azerbaijani who crossed the border', without mentioning in the headline that, according to the NSS, he had lost his way.

Original

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