Hungary's Public TV Goes Dark: 'Public Media Should Not Lie'
Hungary's recently appointed president has halted the operations of public broadcasters that Viktor Orbán had transformed into instruments of propaganda. The primary television channel aired a statement: 'Public media should not lie. We apologize for our prolonged dishonesty.' Meanwhile, in the United States, ABC stood by The View's classification as a news program amid an FCC inquiry. The Onion revived Infowars to provoke Alex Jones. Patrice Lawrence, the newly appointed children's laureate in the UK, remarked: 'We assert that stories are effective — let’s demonstrate their effectiveness.'
Key facts
- Hungary's new president suspended public broadcasters.
- Viktor Orbán spent years converting public media into propaganda.
- Main TV channel showed message: 'Public media should not lie. We are sorry for doing it for so long.'
- ABC told FCC that The View's standing as a news show is settled law.
- The Onion reopened Infowars with strategy to bait Alex Jones.
- Patrice Lawrence is UK's new children's laureate.
- Patrice Lawrence said: 'We say stories work — let's show how they work.'
- Aeon article discusses how imperial China's dynasties wrote self-serving official histories.
Entities
Institutions
- Aeon
- The Guardian
- The New York Times
- Slate
- N+1
- ABC
- FCC
- Infowars
- The Onion
Locations
- Hungary
- United States
- UK