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Viktor Orbán built a ‘propaganda machine.’ Hungary’s next leader must dismantle it
Magyar says a new two-thirds majority will let his government replace regulators, reshape state television and radio, and end years of pro-Fidesz pressure.
- Prime minister-elect Magyar has begun dismantling the 'propaganda machine' that Viktor Orbán built over 16 years in office, aiming to end state-owned media manipulation that helped crush his rivals.
- After returning to office in 2010, the Fidesz government exerted control by installing loyalists at the Media Authority and using state-owned funds to turn outlets into party mouthpieces.
- State-Owned media vilified alleged 'enemies' from George Soros to President Volodymyr Zelensky, creating an 'alternate reality' for elderly Hungarians who relied on television, Balasz told CNN.
- On Wednesday, Magyar reprimanded state-owned television anchors for spreading 'lies' about his family, comparing their coverage to propaganda from North Korea and Nazi-era Germany.
- With a two-thirds parliamentary majority, the Tisza party plans to reshape state-owned media, allowing it to heal 'organically' so it can hold whoever is in power to account.
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By Christian Edwards, CNN. As thousands thronged the streets of Budapest last weekend to celebrate Viktor Orbán's defeat, Balasz said she couldn't help but think of her 80-year-old great-grandmother, living in a rural village in Hungary's impoverished east. For her, having consumed little more than state media for the past decade, Péter Magyar's victory was not a cause for joy, but rather paralyzing fear. During Orbán's reelection campaign, medi…
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It is not known what solution Viktor Orbán is considering following his fall. For now, signs indicate that he wants to stay.
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