If a real conservative commentator existed, and if he would be allowed to ask Orbán – he would be asking these questions. Continue reading
Category Archives: The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media
What an actual conservative would ask Orbán on state healthcare, surveillance and recent red herring topics
The international media has a way of taking an acute interest in red herring topics that don’t really matter while leaving the core of the Orbán-problem untouched. Continue reading
Who writes the best smear about the opposition? It doesn’t have to be true
Orbánist media school forgets to mention journalistic standards in its curriculum. Continue reading
Do people know?
66% of Fidesz voters have no idea the pandemic situation in Hungary is worse than other countries. Continue reading
Alas, the Nationalist Internationale is postponed again – but they gave us two memorable moments of media history
“Journalist provoking by asking questions” Continue reading
Pettiness Galore
The crackdown on independent media has reached the stage of gleeful micromanagement and the final stab. Continue reading
Orbánists gaining access to journalists’ old emails by buying up their newspapers
A side effect of Orbánist media takeovers is that loyalists can hungrily browse through journalists’ old emails. Continue reading
Deutsche Welle starts Hungarian language service
After the US has restarted Radio Free Europe’s Hungarian language edition, the German Deutsche Welle also announced to launch Hungarian news services, quoting concerns about media pluralism in the country. Continue reading
Why am I working for a propaganda machine?
Journalists of the public broadcaster blow the whistle anonymously and explain how it is not their fault. Continue reading
“This newsroom does not support the opposition”
Radio Free Europe published a leaked recording of the public broadcaster threatening journalists to write propaganda or resign Continue reading
