The Hungarian media law

The new Hungarian media authority is: National Communications Authority of Hungary⁽¹⁾

And The Law: Act CLXXXV of 2010 on Media Services and Mass Media⁽²⁾
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Sources:
(1) http://www.nmhh.hu/index.php?id=hir&cid=4
(2) http://www.nmhh.hu/index.php?id=hir&cid=13214
And, because the things are so fast being changed nowadays in Hungary, we saved the document of the law to a more timeless space for the next generations:

Hungary: the dictatorial, anti-Semitic 1930s revived

A protest against the totalitarian methods of Fidesz, again.
A Hungarian Facebook group⁽¹⁾ has initiated a demonstration of solidarity with two Hungarian journalists.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 6:00pm
Hungarian Radio headquarters, Budapest, 1088. Bródy Sándor street 5-7.

... the self-imposed cencorship already works very well, maybe except for Népszabadság. Kossuth Rádió for example has suspended the two moderators Attila Mong and Zsolt Bogár for protesting against the media bill by having a minute of silence on air during their show.⁽²⁾

Kossuth Rádió presenter Attila Mong and editor Zsolt Bogár yesterday morning broadcast a minute's silence to protest the media act that Parliament had passed a few hours earlier.

The pair were ordered to the office of new managing director István Jónás and editor-in-chief Ferenc L. Gazsó and suspended from the programme until the case is investigated, although they can continue to work as reporters.⁽³⁾

Conservative German daily Die Welt wrote that "in Hungary we can see how quickly a democracy can destroy itself… it is as if a film that was stopped in the dictatorial, anti-Semitic 1930s is now rolling again."⁽⁴⁾

See our Calendar also.
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Sources:
(1) http://www.facebook.com/egyperccsend
(2) 23/12/2010 http://hungaliennation.blogspot.com/2010/12/2010-51-minute-of-silence-at-hard-rock.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-21/hungary-passes-contentious-new-media-law.html
http://wap.boston.com/art/26/news/world/europe/articles/2010/12/21/hungary_passes_contentious_new_media_law/?p=2
(3) http://www.politics.hu/20101222/kossuth-radio-hosts-suspended-for-protest
(4) http://www.politics.hu/20101223/media-outrage-puts-fidesz-on-back-foot
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• The Times of India, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/article/0djGdUqdAHdHz?q=European+Union
• 24/12/2010, The Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703548604576037672342633358.html
• 23/12/2010, (Reuters) "Hungary Fidesz says can amend media law if needed" http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/8559617/hungary-fidesz-says-can-amend-media-law-if-needed
• and more: http://www.expatshungary.com/news

The map of the spot:

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Hungary: a return to the fascist Horthy dictatorship

24 December 2010,  World Socialist Web Site
By Markus Salzmann and Peter Schwarz

The demolition of press freedom in Hungary⁽¹⁾

Due to come into force on January 1, the law subordinates all public and private media―radio, television, newspapers, magazines and the Internet―to the control of a state “media council”, composed of partisans and confidants of the prime minister, Viktor Orban.(...)Hungarian commentators write about “arbitrary rule” and a return to the fascist Horthy dictatorship of the 1930s.

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Sources:
(1) 24 December 2010, World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org), Markus Salzmann and Peter Schwarz: The demolition of press freedom in Hungary
The World Socialist Web Site (http://www.wsws.org/about.shtml) is published by the International Committee of the Fourth International, the leadership of the world socialist movement, the Fourth International founded by Leon Trotsky in 1938.

The Fidesz media law in Hungary

The official downloadable text of the new Hungarian media law (only in Hungarian, sorry) from the authentic website of the Hungarian Parliament⁽¹⁾: http://www.parlament.hu/irom39/01747/01747.pdf
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Sources:
(1) http://www.parlament.hu

International press coverage of the new Hungarian media law

A collection of links⁽¹⁾ reviewing the international press coverage of the new Hungarian media law, accessible for registered and logged-in Facebook users, is being edited and permanently updated by the Facebook group "Szól a Rádió" and Gábor Hraskó at

http://tinyurl.com/freepress-000

The collection is mirrored, with a slight delay, at the public website⁽²⁾

http://www.szabadsajto.com/hu/kulfoldi-sajtohirek/nemzetkozi-sajtovisszhang.

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Please disseminate these addresses.

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Source:
(1) http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_148511385200890
(2) http://szabadsajto.com/

Euronews: Hungary's New Media Law Branded 'Heavy-Handed'

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Sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZnoppMqqTE

Facebook with far-rights, again???

The first could be misunderstanding.
http://antifa-hungary.blogspot.com/2010/06/facebook-partner-of-hungarian-political.html

But the second ???
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Egymillioan-a-magyar-sajtoszabadsagert/16985476971797

Protest against restriction of press freedom planned by Fidesz government

20/12/2010 18:00 Hungary, Budapest, V. Szabadsag square, see the map: http://href.hu/x/e0td

The illegitim far-right Fidesz government has a bill to restriction seriously press freedom that will be probably voted by illegitim parliament. Some civilians are organizing a demonstration for press freedom.
More details here:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183484318329980&index=1

The organizers are critisized sharply by some party-fans why party politicians are undesirable persons in the demonstration. Therefore, the organizers are forced to give additional explanation about it.
More details here: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=112184285520305