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.
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