Editor-in-chief of Hungary’s top independent news website fired
Pro-Orban businessman Miklos Vaszily took control of the media organisation earlier in 2020
22 July 2020 - 22:36
Budapest — The owner of Hungary's leading independent news website index.hu said on Wednesday it had fired editor-in-chief Szabolcs Dull, a month after he warned that the media outlet's independence from the government was at risk.
Index has set its independence barometer to “in danger” to signal what it calls external attempts to sway its content, by far the largest media organisation critical of the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban...
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