Literature

S. Zurabiani

Are there Two Truths?

In the 20th century, after the destroying of the Soviet Union, Caucasus has homogeneously "infected" by conflict regions: Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, the South Ossetia, Chechnya. Whole world's interest of these conflicts is clear for today. To search the unjust and truth in these conflicts goes off this work's interest and our competence. Object of our interest is the mass media. It is very difficult to safe the objective principles in conflict situations. In this work, we tried to show how devoted would be these two representatives of the Russian and American press to the objective press principles, according to the several articles of newspapers – "Izvestia" and "Washington Post". After the finishing the Cold War and decentralization of mass-media in the area of Post Soviet, it is interesting how does the information spreading by these two countries. Are there two truth? By the result of researching, it is known, that for reader knowing the situation in Caucasus will not be difficult to make an analyze during the reading of the newspapers. Though his (her) right – to get an objective information –on the papers of "Izvestia" is often and clearly abolished.

 

 
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