A Warning from a Hungarian Journalist: ‘Brace Yourself for the Worst’
The Kicker13 Feb 2025

A Warning from a Hungarian Journalist: ‘Brace Yourself for the Worst’

András Pethő is a Hungarian journalist and a cofounder of Direkt36, an independent investigative news outlet. Over the past decade, he’s watched as the government of Viktor Orbán—the world leader whom Steve Bannon once praised as “Trump before Trump”—has systematically eroded the freedom of the press in his country, in ways that may feel familiar to Americans watching corporate news leaders succumb to pressure from the administration. Pethő joins The Kicker to explain why he believes journali...

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