Hungary's state broadcaster suspends news broadcast for reformulation after years of Orbán government

Message shown by channel M1, from Hungary's state broadcaster, with a message about suspension of the news for reformulation REUTERS/Marton Monus Hungary's state television temporarily suspended its news broadcast this week to implement a reformulation that makes it, according to information, "independent and reliable" after 16 years of Orbán's government. ? Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp On Tuesday (7), the main TV channel, M1, started showing an advertisement on a black screen with the message: "Public service media cannot lie. We apologize for having done this for so many years." According to reports from other Hungarian media outlets, some editors at state TV and radio stations were fired after new interim management arrived at headquarters. Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar REUTERS/Marton Monus The new Hungarian Prime Minister, Péter Magyar, presented the measure as "an end to propaganda broadcasts on public platforms". Since taking power on May 9, Magyar has launched a series of initiatives to eradicate what he called Orbán's "mafia" within the Hungarian state. The 45-year-old leader announced "Operation Purifying Fire", which includes a constitutional reform aimed at preventing a concentration of power similar to that of the Orbán era from occurring again. The new prime minister's Tisza party has a two-thirds majority in Parliament and, in recent weeks, approved a broad package of anti-corruption laws and dismantling the so-called Office for the Protection of Sovereignty, which persecuted voices critical of the government.