Aliyev ’ s alleged announcement of capturing Shushi . The interviewee believed that there is no need to spread panic and make assumptions based on the enemy ’ s propaganda . Finally , Hovhannisyan said that in wartime spreading propaganda is normal and people should not wait to hear the whole truth when the battle is still in progress ( Interview with Petros ghazaryan ).
On November 9th , the most critical and decisive day of the war , the guest of the TV show was Vardan Aramyan , the ex-minister of finance of the RA . The questions on the agenda were the economy of the country and the impact of the war on it ( News in аrmenia today : Nagorno Кarabakh latest NEWS ). So , it can be concluded that the narrative of the Armenian Public TV during the war was not critical of the government and the measures it was taking in the defense of Artsakh . The guests who were invited for the TV show “ Interview with Petros Ghazaryan ” were representatives of both governmental and oppositional parties , as well as military experts and other politicians . The questions asked by the host were mainly about the adversary ’ s military operations , their war crimes and the Armenian army ’ s great resistance to it . There were few questions about the government ’ s response to the situation , however in cases of being asked such questions the interviewees were mainly supportive rather than critical . None of the interviewees questioned the government ’ s narrative throughout the war .
The Framing of 168 . am
This section presents the content analysis of the video interviews of one of the Armenian media outlets that has a more oppositional leaning . In particular , it looks through the interviews conducted for the program “ Review ” on 168 . am website . The section highlights some of the important aspects covered throughout the interviews with the invited experts and politicians . The descriptive analysis helps to understand who the guests of the program throughout the war were , and what kind of interpretations about the official statements of the government they had at that time . Was it “ rally round the flag ” for all 44 days , or did they somehow question the narrative of the government ?
The first interview was conducted on October 3rd with Vahram Ter- Matevosyan , the Program Chair of the Political Science and International Affairs Department of the American University of Armenia . They talked about the Turkish-Azerbaijani aggression against Armenia and Artsakh , the involvement of the terrorists in the war , as well as about the international community ’ s response to the escalation . The interviewee talked about Turkey ’ s foreign policy and its attempts at increasing its influence in the region . One of the crucial questions
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