Hungary Public Broadcaster Suspends News, Apologizes After Orbán Era Ends (Worthy News In-Depth)

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau ChiefBUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Hungary’s state-owned public news broadcasters, long criticized for their close ties to former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, went off the air Tuesday after apologizing for what they described as years of lying to the public in an unprecedented move launched under the current government.Instead of its regular programming, the M1 public television channel replaced its broadcasts with a black screen bearing the message: