Állítsd be a Telexet megbízható forrásnak!At 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, the broadcast of the Hungarian public television was suspended. The message displayed on the screen reads:“Public media should not lie. We apologize for having done so for many years! Public media is currently being transformed to ensure that in the future, it remains trustworthy and independent News services are temporarily suspended. Please stay with us!”Source: M1Péter Magyar and several other Tisza Party politicians have often stated during the election campaign that, if they were to win, they would put an end to state-funded party propaganda in the public media.M1 was the flagship channel of Fidesz's propaganda within the public broadcaster, MTVA, which the public media's Fidesz-friendly leadership transformed into a news channel under the Orbán governments.András P. Horváth, MTVA’s interim CEO, who was appointed last week, relieved Zsolt Németh, the director of M1 channel, of his duties on Tuesday, even before the news service was suspended, and, according to our information, Zsolt Mezei, the deputy director of content services, was also let go.“This is a historic day. Today marks the end of propaganda broadcasts on public media platforms. They told lies at night, they told lies during the day, they told lies across every available channel. That is now over,” Prime Minister Péter Magyar wrote in a Facebook post.Our previous article about how the former governing coalition took control of the media in Hungary may be found here. We also reported on how Orbán's circles dictated the news at the state news agency, and how it was used to spread Russian propaganda here.For more quick, accurate, and impartial news from and about Hungary, subscribe to the Telex English newsletter!Állítsd be a Telexet megbízható forrásnak!Latest