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The Goethe Institute in Budapest organized the\u00a0 <\/span>conference\u00a0 <\/span>PROTECT PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA AGAINST POLITICAL INTERFERENCE, there were speakers and attendees from more the twenty European countries including MEPs and representatives of the EC relevant directorates, representatives of Prosum Foundation were also present.<\/p>\n

(https:\/\/newsocracyhungary2019.sched.com\/directory\/attendees)<\/p>\n

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Speakers and commenters agreed the independent and impartial press and media is in dire danger across Europe and subject to political pressure and the spreading of fake news on a mass scale.<\/p>\n

Participants agreed that Public Service Media should broadcast for the public, be financed and controlled by the public. They should be a trusted source of news and provide impartial information to enable citizens to make informed decisions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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While Public Service Media should be independent, the rise of populism further exposes them to political interference. Politicians try to undermine the media\u2019s independence, manipulate and censor journalistic output. In the worst cases, Public Service Media are turned into state-controlled media, propaganda or public relations instruments. Speakers and commenters agreed that there are significant differences between EU member states. While there some negative phenomena in this filed in the established democracies as well, the public media is functioning well and provides balance views in countries like Germany and Denmark, and independent media also able to function and well protected.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately there is an entirely different situation in the so-called new democracy of the EU periphery, in countries like Hungary and Poland and some of the Balkan states waiting to be admitted into the EU.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Undoubtly the worst case is Hungary ruled by the autocratic Orb\u00e1n-regime which undermines the media\u2019s independence, manipulates and censors journalistic output. In the worst cases, Public Service Media are turned into state-controlled media, propaganda or public relations instruments. The Hungarian government exercising total control of state owned media and – as one participant has phrased it – “turned public service media into party service media” – new editors an media programs are directly controlled from the government’s propaganda ministry , while the excess to independent media a news sources are cut off for citizens in most parts of the country.\u00a0 <\/span>In countries like Hungary the public made is turned into a party propaganda machine fabricating fake news on and industrial scale against the opposition, foreigners, ethnic groups and mostly against the EU and Brussels. It was mentioned that the members of “The Hungarian National Board of Media Overseers” just have been reappointed for a second nine-year term consisting of members only from the ruling government party without a single opposition or independent member.<\/p>\n

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Market based media is unable to counterbalance the totalitarian behaviour of a government since the government can employ various means to control the advertisement and other revenues of the market-based media.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Participants expressed criticisms towards the MEP and representatives of the relevant directorates of the EC who were present that the EU is letting this happen in a member state and doing little or nothing to stop the undesired processes which led to the situation that de facto there is no independent media and press freedom in Hungary as participants formulated. The EC representatives argued that media\u00a0 <\/span>is member state competence, and not much they can do. However number of participants argued that letting Hungary get away with\u00a0 <\/span>controlling public service media and wiping out independent media sets a very dangerous precedent since media is a prerequisite of democracy and independent and impartial media is needed to control those who are in power and to provide checks and balances. If the Orb\u00e1n-regime can destroy independent media other autocratic-minded governments will follow suit, as they already do in some countries.<\/p>\n

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Prosum President Istv\u00e1n Tepl\u00e1n, in his intervention suggested that in this area the EU has a very important role to play and it is inevitable to establish a European Public\u00a0<\/span>Broadcasting and News Service which is independent from national governments and market pressure as well, and financed from the EU budget directly. It is absolutely necessary that every EU citizen has access to impartial and balanced news and media as it was spelled out in our latest article.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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