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Hungary's DC Ambassador Back in Budapest to Run Pro-Orban Media Group

Natalie Liu

   WASHINGTON - Hungary's ambassador to Washington has stepped down and
   returned to Budapest on short notice to take charge of abeefed
   upmessaging operation in support of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's
   ruling party.

   The party, Fidesz, announced last week that it was launching an
   [1]English-language website"with a view to providing credible
   information about [the party's] decision-making" and to act as "a
   corrective to 'the mass production of fake news.' "

   A day later, a government-sanctioned media outlet,Hungary Today,
   reported that Laszlo Szabo had been tapped to lead a conglomerate
   called Mediaworks, and that he would also join the [2]leadership circle
   of the Central European Press and Media Foundation (KESMA) -- which has
   close ties to Orban.

References

   1. https://dailynewshungary.com/fidesz-launches-english-language-website/
   2. https://hungarytoday.hu/former-ambassador-us-take-over-pro-fidesz-media-holding/

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