Hungary Coronavirus reports country concert Hungary

Staff of Hungarian News Site Resign, Claiming Government Interference

Reading now: 735
hollywoodreporter.com

The editors and staff of Hungarian news website Index resigned on Friday in protest of what they see is an attempt by forces close to Hungary's far-right leader Victor Orban to undermine their editorial independence.

Three leading editors and more than 70 journalists resigned from Index after the company's board refused to re-instate editor-in-chief Szabolcs Dull, who was fired on Wednesday.

Dull's dismissal came after he warned of political interference in the outlet’s operations. A businessman close to the Orban government acquired significant control over Index’s funding earlier this year, prompting Index to put out an emergency alert to its readers warning that its editorial independence was "in danger." Laszlo Bodolai, the chief of the.

Read more on hollywoodreporter.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA