{"id":325905,"date":"2026-04-15T18:34:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=325905"},"modified":"2026-04-15T18:34:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:34:04","slug":"hungarian-election-winner-magyar-to-halt-state-run-news-programmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=325905","title":{"rendered":"Hungarian election winner Magyar to halt state-run news programmes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">BUDAPEST, April 15 (dpa) - Hungary's incoming leader P\u00e9ter Magyar has announced his intention to suspend news programmes on state-run radio and television stations following his overwhelming victory over Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n in Sunday's election.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\"One of the first steps after forming a government will be to suspend the news programmes of these propaganda media,\" he said on Wednesday morning in an interview with state-run Kossuth Radio.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">He subsequently made almost identical comments on the television channel M1. Both media outlets belong to the state broadcasting holding company MTVA.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">In response to the M1 presenter\u2019s remark that suspending the news programmes would violate the law, Magyar told her that \"you have failed to meet the obligations of the media act.\" <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\"Accusing me here of breaking the law is like a shoplifter calling the police,\" he added.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Hungary's media law of 2010 defines the MTVA stations as public service broadcasters. As such, they are subject to the requirement of objective and balanced reporting, but they instead followed a heavily pro-Orb\u00e1n&nbsp;line. <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">During the election campaign, the programmes spread blatant falsehoods about Magyar, such as a fabricated election manifesto for his party that allegedly included drastic tax increases.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">At the same time, Magyar was given no opportunity to comment in the state media during the election campaign.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Magyar\u2019s Tisza secured a clear victory in Sunday\u2019s election. In the new parliament, it will hold a two-thirds majority capable of amending the constitution, enabling it to change Orb\u00e1n\u2019s media law.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Under the constitution, the first session of the new parliament must be convened by May 12.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUDAPEST, April 15 (dpa) &#8211; Hungary&#8217;s incoming leader P\u00e9ter Magyar has announced his intention to suspend news programmes on state-run radio and television stations following his overwhelming victory over Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n in Sunday&#8217;s election. &#8220;One of the first steps after forming a government will be to suspend the news programmes of these propaganda [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325905"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=325905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325906,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325905\/revisions\/325906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=325905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=325905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=325905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}