Armenian News Network / Groong June 17, 2021 By Hovik Manucharyan, co-host of the Groong podcast. A number of anonymous fake news channels capture nearly 45% of all views for Armenian news/political content on YouTube. See also: Can Perfect TV help sway Armenian election results? The “Vardan Ghukasyan Party” Or How Social Media May Affect Armenian Elections Since August 2020 Groong has been monitoring more than a 100 news/political…

Armenian News Network / Groong June 12, 2021 By Hovik Manucharyan, co-host of the Groong podcast. On YouTube, fake news in Armenian is not the exception, but almost the norm. Can misinformation, disinformation, and unreliable voices on YouTube and other social media convert into actual votes during elections? The electoral…

Armenian News Network / Groong June 13, 2021 by Hovik Manucharyan, co-host of the Groong podcast. A monthly update on what Armenian content is watched the most on Youtube. Since August, 2020 Groong has been tracking statistics about Armenian Youtube channels in order to better understand what type of news…

by Hovik Manucharyan, co-host of the Groong podcast. As part of our monitoring of 100s of Armenian Youtube channels, we classify them into a number of categories that help understand not only the origin of the content but also perhaps the orientation of the political messaging that gets consumed. Below…

Today, the Central Electoral Commission confirmed the registration of 26 political parties/alliances for the upcoming June 20 snap parliamentary elections. Below are Facebook pages of the parties/alliances: Քաղացիական Պայմանագիր կուսակցություն / Civil Contract Party Արդար Հայաստան կուսակցություն / Just Armenia Party Հանրապետություն կուսակցություն / Republic Party Համահայկական Ազգային Պետականություն կուսակցություն…

Additional facts related to Edgar Elbakyan’s allegations. Gohar Meloyan’s Facebook post on April 11, 2021 Translated from Armenian by Hovik Manucharyan Additional facts ❗️❗❗ Reading the well-founded and detailed article by Edgar Elbakyan about the military adventurism launched on October 6, which broke the backbone of the Artsakh Defense Army…

The failed Lele Tepe counteroffensive Edgar Elbakyan’s Facebook post on April 10, 2021 Translated from Armenian by Hovik Manucharyan Translator’s Note: The “decision” referred to by the author is the order to commence a counter-offensive campaign aimed at retaking Lele Tepe, a strategic hill that Armenian forces lost during the…

Armenian News Network / Groong April 8, 2021 By George Tabakyan Syunik, Armenia — Friday early morning, we left our hotel in Goris to head to Shurnukh, the border village which has become the center of the news in recent months. This was my 3rd visit after the war and…

Show notes: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20210404.html Episode 56 | Recorded: April 4, 2021