Orbán and his Fidesz party achieved a third consecutive supermajority in the Hungarian parliament after a campaign primarily fought on an anti-migrant platform. The journalists recalled how the network would focus on negative stories about refugees and migrants, linking them to crime and terrorism. “I’d never experienced anything like that, even at MTVA: it was a clear lie,” said one of the journalists, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Pavlov reflexes have been created for words like danger, terrorism, migrants, opposition, Soros and Brussels,” the journalist said. “Sometimes the editor will come into the office on the phone and dictate a whole story to us, word for word.

Source: The Guardian April 13, 2018 03:56 UTC