Observers of the Hungarian media situation have often remarked in recentyears that it cannot get any worse. It was difficult to imagine that the state of democratic public sphere could […]
The present Soft Censorship report differs somewhat from the customary format of previous reports.
Liquidated Diversity Népszabadság terminated, Class FM removed from its frequency, TV2 turned into a character assassination machinery, the public media are aggressively disseminating anti-migrant propaganda – as far as the eye can […]
Introduction – Crony capitalism and the media market The methods and trends of the state’s interventions in media policy and the media system after 2010 were both a reflection of […]
Press freedom in Europe is facing a widespread and growing threat by “soft” censorship that includes governments’ use of financial power to pressure news media, punish critical reporting and reward […]
The Soft Censorship Global Review is an international research project managed by the WAN-IFRA and the Open Society Foundations. Based on a common methodology, the research analyses the effects of […]
