Tears, Arguments, and Liberation: A behind-the-scenes look at the transition of the Hungarian public service media.

Kata Janecskó   Direkt36   2 October 2026
In the days following the parliamentary election, some employees of the public service media turned on one another.

Although many saw the change as a liberation, they were forced to confront the question: Why did they stay there if the propaganda-like operations bothered them?