September 3, 2020 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Recent •
by Gábor Polyák
How Index.hu, for long Hungary's most trusted and popular source of independent news, was finally brought low....
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January 10, 2020 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Recent •
by Petra Szávai
Around 12 percent of the Hungarian electorate relies exclusively on news produced by pro-government media....
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May 20, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Paula Kennedy
Most autocratic leaders do their utmost to maintain a tight grip over all sources of information in their country, but few in recent years have done this as systematically and as effectively as Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. The figures tell...
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March 18, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Photography and Video, Recent •
by EJO
The Hungarian government has sparked outrage with its controversial poster campaign implying that US philanthropist George Soros and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker are plotting to flood the country with migrants. With the...
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May 3, 2017 •
Media and Politics, Recent •
by Gábor Polyák
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party has introduced new legislation that could lead to the closure of Budapest’s Central European University. Gabor Polyak, a media law and policy specialist at University of Pecs, Budapest, argues the...
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October 11, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Gábor Polyák
The publisher Mediaworks has suspended the publication of Népszabadság, Hungary’s leading opposition newspaper and highest circulation broadsheet. Though the measure was officially referred to as a suspension, in reality it...
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October 30, 2015 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics •
by Jan Zielonka
The ruling party in Hungary, Fidesz, has persistently tried to transform public-service television into its propaganda tool, but seen rather perverse results. The more TV programmes played to the Fidesz tune, the less people watched it....
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