Freedom of the press

A series of surveys by Mertek Media Monitor analyzing the state of the freedom of the press in Hungary. We performed surveys in several fields within the complex topic of the freedom of the press, including the impact of the recent media regulation, political and economic pressure on the media, and self-censorship. Due to the […]

 The Reins on Freedom: Self-Censorship in the Hungarian Press   Self-censorship is like melted snow.  It will seep under your collar. — Péter Esterházy, in an interview for Der Standard, April 9, 2011   A girl is crying in the newsroom. The place is Hungarian radio on a foggy Sunday night sometime in December 2010. […]