Hungarians demand greater press freedom outside office of 'propaganda factory' MTVA
The protest was organised by Hungary's most prominent opposition figure, Péter Magyar who heads the TISZA party, which has emerged in recent months as the most serious political challenge for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán since he took power nearly 15 years ago.
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00:00Thousands have protested outside the headquarters of state media organization MTVA in Budapest
00:08against what they say is a propaganda network operated by the government.
00:12The protest was organized by Hungary's most prominent opposition figure, Péter Magyar.
00:18He entered the building and tried to read out his TISA party 16 points for media reform
00:23on air, but was later removed.
00:25Hungarian and international observers have long warned that press freedom in the country
00:29is under threat.
00:31They say that Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party has used media buyouts by government-connected
00:36business tycoons to build a pro-government media empire.
00:41Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders estimates that such buyouts have given Orban's party
00:45control of 80 percent of Hungary's media market resources.
00:50In 2021, the group put Orban on its list of media predators, the first EU leader to be
00:55named as such.