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Tag Archives: Fidesz media

Crying it out before collaboration
The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

Crying it out before collaboration

Posted on May, 2022 by MwBp • Leave a comment

What else can you do if your country is turned into a stale, 20th century autocracy, but you don’t want to leave? Continue reading →

Who writes the best smear about the opposition? It doesn’t have to be true
The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

Who writes the best smear about the opposition? It doesn’t have to be true

Posted on May, 2021 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Orbánist media school forgets to mention journalistic standards in its curriculum. Continue reading →

The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

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 →

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 →

Brussels Correspondent Dismissed for Unauthorized Question to Orbán
The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

Brussels Correspondent Dismissed for Unauthorized Question to Orbán

Posted on November, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Loyalism: the world’s greatest counter-selection mechanism Continue reading →

Where to send the articles for approval, asks “journalist” from incoming mayor
The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

Where to send the articles for approval, asks “journalist” from incoming mayor

Posted on October, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

That’s how they did it under the old Fidesz mayor Continue reading →

“They are not opposition, they are the enemy – of the government, of the nation, of us.”
The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

“They are not opposition, they are the enemy – of the government, of the nation, of us.”

Posted on July, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

“Any tool is acceptable in self-defense” against them Continue reading →

Centrally issued front pages reject accusation that they are centrally issued
The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

Centrally issued front pages reject accusation that they are centrally issued

Posted on July, 2019 by MwBp • 1 Comment

Why it doesn’t pay (for too long) to submit to an autocrat Continue reading →

‘The Strache Scandal Can’t Happen Here Because We Are More Guarded’ Says Minister
And nothing happens...

‘The Strache Scandal Can’t Happen Here Because We Are More Guarded’ Says Minister

Posted on May, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

And because selling out to Russia is not a scandal but proud government policy Continue reading →

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