{"id":109430,"date":"2026-04-15T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/peter-magyar-wants-to-ban-news-on-state-radio-and-tv-stations-in-hungary\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:15:33","slug":"peter-magyar-wants-to-ban-news-on-state-radio-and-tv-stations-in-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/peter-magyar-wants-to-ban-news-on-state-radio-and-tv-stations-in-hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Magyar wants to ban news on state radio and TV stations in Hungary."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Peter Magyar wants to suspend news programs from state radio and television stations, following his party&#8217;s victory in the parliamentary elections. The politician accuses the media of not fulfilling its legal obligations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;One of the first steps after forming a government will be the suspension of news programs of these propaganda media,&#8221; Magyar declared on Wednesday morning in an interview given to the state radio station Kossuth Radio.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>The presenter mentioned that such a measure would be contrary to the law, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/agerpres.ro\/politic-extern\/2026\/04\/15\/ungaria-magyar-spune-ca-va-suspenda-programele-de-stiri-de-la-posturile-de-radio-si-televiziune-de-s--1546844\">Agerpres<\/a>. 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