Participants wave national flags during a demonstration organised by the Hungarian opposition Tisza Party against public media at the MTVA headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024.Photo by Szilard Koszticsak/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Hungarians protest state media 'propaganda factory' and demand unbiased press

Both Hungarian and international observers have long warned that press freedom in the Central European country was under threat

by · National Post

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Thousands of protesters gathered outside the headquarters of Hungary’s public media corporation on Saturday to demonstrate against what they say is an entrenched propaganda network operated by the nationalist government at taxpayer expense.

The protest was organized by Hungary’s most prominent opposition figure, Peter Magyar, and his upstart TISZA party, which has emerged in recent months as the most serious political challenge for Prime Minister Viktor Orban since he took power nearly 15 years ago.

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