Incoming Hungarian leader Magyar vows to suspend state news broadcasts
Hungary’s election winner Peter Magyar said on Wednesday he will suspend state media news broadcasts, which critics at home and abroad say became a government mouthpiece under Viktor Orban, and restore media freedoms after his cabinet takes power.
Magyar’s TISZA (Respect and Freedom) party won a landslide victory in Sunday’s election, ending Orban’s 16-year rule that became a prototype for “illiberal” conservative rulers across the Western world.
“Every Hungarian deserves a public service media...
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