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Alas, the Nationalist Internationale is postponed again – but they gave us two memorable moments of media history
The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

Alas, the Nationalist Internationale is postponed again – but they gave us two memorable moments of media history

Posted on April, 2021 by MwBp • Leave a comment

“Journalist provoking by asking questions” Continue reading →

The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

Pettiness Galore

Posted on March, 2021 by MwBp • Leave a comment

The crackdown on independent media has reached the stage of gleeful micromanagement and the final stab. Continue reading →

The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

Orbánists gaining access to journalists’ old emails by buying up their newspapers

Posted on February, 2021 by MwBp • Leave a comment

A side effect of Orbánist media takeovers is that loyalists can hungrily browse through journalists’ old emails. Continue reading →

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Deutsche Welle starts Hungarian language service

Posted on February, 2021 by MwBp • Leave a comment

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 →

The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

Why am I working for a propaganda machine?

Posted on November, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Journalists of the public broadcaster blow the whistle anonymously and explain how it is not their fault. Continue reading →

The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

“This newsroom does not support the opposition”

Posted on November, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Radio Free Europe published a leaked recording of the public broadcaster threatening journalists to write propaganda or resign Continue reading →

Disappearing archives after Orbánist lay their hands on a news site
The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

Disappearing archives after Orbánist lay their hands on a news site

Posted on September, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

It is not the first time and it is not surprising Continue reading →

The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

The new, Orbanized index.hu is so totally independent, its new editor used to run orbanviktor.hu

Posted on September, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

It is surprisingly difficult to recruit people to pose as journalists at the newly Orbanized index.hu Continue reading →

Index.hu was the front page of the Hungarian internet
And nothing happens... / The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

Index.hu was the front page of the Hungarian internet

Posted on July, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

We are flying blind now Continue reading →

Things the official news agency is not allowed to report about
The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

Things the official news agency is not allowed to report about

Posted on November, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Critical articles about Orbán in foreign papers are a no-no Continue reading →

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