Orbán’s media slop spread poison beyond Hungary. Luckily, fearless, fact-based reporting endures (opens in new tab)

Across Europe, public service journalism is a shield for democracy. But we have to decide if we want to fight for its survivalFor 16 years, Viktor Orbán’s government poured of public money into thinktanks, and media outlets sympathetic to its illiberal views – not only in Hungary but . In , where a sizeable Hungarian minority lives, Budapest is alleged to have sent millions of euros to favoured media organisations. Many independent newsrooms survived on only a fraction of what these outlets r...