Thread by @517design

.@atlatic's @DFRLab published investigation story about guys, who harshly criticize #Pashinyan. Only 1 revelation - website Russian IP, claiming possible Russian ties.

I got to change my Russian socks & never buys Russian milk in market, not to reveal my Russian ties either

https://twitter.com/DFRLab/status/1124059465400160256

@atlatic @DFRLab Here I wrote my first thoughts after reading

https://twitter.com/517design/status/1124241150917980160

@atlatic @DFRLab But I've just come across same link again, and see the title & the mocking pic above is prove of presumption authors have & want to prove by all means. They accuse the group in being "deceptive", while not proving the point. This is far from being investigative journalism

@atlatic @DFRLab The AntiFake founder responds to the Russian IPs theses, saying they have hosting at some beget-ru, which is Russian. Before that hosted at Ukrainian GoDaddy. And that is just a technical support issue.
Also some jokes towards the article, as expected. Finalizes, their activity

@atlatic @DFRLab makes some people pain in the ass and they promise to increase the pain.
As expected. Investigation/w lots of bugs makes yourself a target rather than the other side.

@atlatic @DFRLab Receiving a pass from @TheAtlantic, Azatutyun releases 4.5 minute video about the publication. If I never read it, I'd know that one of world most renowned think-tanks revealed a criminal gang compromising Nikol Pashinyan, & lots of profs given that they are led by Russia & Putin

@atlatic @DFRLab @TheAtlantic Video here: bit.ly/2JaBzhs Article w/ no revelations & authors, having deep presumptions they effort to prove, worths 4:30 minutes. Opera cafes dismantling protests months ago only 1:30. Main function this outlet performs today is advocating Pashinyan by all means.
#1984

@atlatic @DFRLab @TheAtlantic Antifake-am founder Narek Samsonyan alarms, their FB & website is under heavy attack since recent publication. He accuses state bodies in targeting them bit.ly/2IYcze3

#FreedomOfExpression #FreedomOfSpeech #Armenia

@atlatic @DFRLab @TheAtlantic William Bairamyan releases a detailed analysis of the original publication, actually much more thorough than the original piece is and than it actually deserves
thearmenite.com/2019/05/atlant…

Authors quotes the Adekvat motton - What Liberty keeps silent about, but never mentioned the talk is not about liberty as concept, Radio Liberty, that for intanse kept silent when 2 weeks before, when the blogs authors were detained by the police.

Other point is the authors silence about the group severe criticism towards George Soros fund activity, while this article's author Yulia Reshitko works for Soros funded Ukrainean firm, that is a case for conflict of interest. This fact is ignored by @DFRLab

Russian IPs part is clear & silly & too much is said about it already.

Other point is anti-Vaccination position missing fact that Artur Danielyan criticizes the outdated pills used in Armenia, not the vaccination as a whole.

And concluding question is raised: Why does a Washington, DC-based think tank @DFRLab for which #Armenia has hardly registered as an area of interest over the years suddenly do a poorly-research two-part hit piece on tiny media outlets & other individuals critical of the govt.

https://twitter.com/HovikYerevan/status/1124705123081441281

#Armenia top media - Public Television news using this pseudo-investigation in prime-time news bit.ly/2LmUBEc
Unspeakable & miserable campaign against critical voices, showing NO proofs, using FALSE statements & targeting individual critics of Pashinyan govt