Media war in Poland
Friday, December 29th, 2023Opinions in Hungary regarding efforts by the new Polish government to remove the management of the public media company are sharply divided. READ MORE
A leftist view on why the opposition ‘always loses’
Thursday, July 20th, 2023A left-wing commentator urges opposition parties to get down to the hard job of organising a nationwide network of activists and thereby reach out to Hungarian households. READ MORE
DK launches online TV channel
Tuesday, December 6th, 2022A liberal commentator accuses the Democratic Coalition of trying to emulate government propaganda by launching its own – equally biased – YouTube television channel. READ MORE
Left-wing mayor ignores pro-government journalist
Thursday, November 10th, 2022A liberal and a right-wing journalist offer diametrically opposed takes on the decision of Budapest 9th district Mayor to ignore questions by a pro-government interviewee on ATV. READ MORE
Media criticized on both sides
Friday, April 15th, 2022A liberal pundit castigates the opposition-leaning media for failing to fulfil its primary democratic function. A pro-government commentator calls on the state television to abandon its biased and sectarian reporting. READ MORE
Márki-Zay depicted as a foreign agent
Saturday, February 5th, 2022The leading pro-government daily accuses the opposition frontrunner of ‘collusion with foreign actors’. The paper claims that Márki-Zay’s movement as well as pro-opposition NGOs and journalists are financed by foreign sources who promote globalist and pro-migration views. READ MORE
Left-wing pundit demands more media space for Márki-Zay
Tuesday, January 25th, 2022A left-wing commentator urges the public media to grant regular airtime to the opposition candidate for Prime Minister. READ MORE
Márky-Zay wants a base in future Parliament
Thursday, October 21st, 2021A conservative columnist believes new fault-lines may appear within the opposition, as their newly elected candidate for Prime Minister asks for civic candidates to be included on the joint opposition electoral list next year. A left-liberal commentator thinks Fidesz is taking the threat of opposition victory in 2022 seriously. READ MORE
Government accused of using spyware
Tuesday, July 20th, 2021As the government stands accused of using spyware to monitor critical journalists and other individuals, a left-wing pundit likens PM Orbán to the dictators of the East. Pro-government commentators are skeptical that the government illegally tapped its critics. READ MORE
The Prime Minister’s video on media freedom
Saturday, July 10th, 2021A left-wing site dismisses the Prime Minister’s argument that the abundance of outlets harshly critical of his government is vivid proof of a free press in Hungary. A pro-government outlet takes the attempted murder of a Dutch journalist as an indication that The Netherlands has problems with media freedom. READ MORE