Hungarian public media outlets halt broadcasting in post-Orbán shake-up

Peter Magyar hails end of propaganda broadcasts' as Kossuth radio and M1 TV channels suspend transmission

Hungarian public media outlets close to Viktor Orban have suspended broadcasting, the country's prime minister said as he hailed efforts to dismantle the longtime nationalist leader's control over information.

Peter Magyar, who ousted Orbn in a landslide election victory in April, wrote on Facebook: A historic day. Today marks the end of propaganda broadcasts on public media platforms. They lied at night, they lied during the day, they lied on every wavelength. That is now over."