How opposition-led towns in Hungary have become independent news deserts (HVG)

While subscribers to government-controlled county newspapers are rapidly turning away from them, even after decades of readership, Hungary’s pro-government media giant Mediaworks is spreading free propaganda papers in opposition-run towns. “Dirt, filth, mess – Where is the downtown clean-up lagging?”, reads the front page of City7, a free regional newspaper published by Mediaworks, in one of its frequent attacks on the opposition local government. The weekly