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How states use advertising to stifle independent journalism

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Hungary is a multiparty parliamentary democracy in central Europe that is situated in the Carpathian Basin. Before the year 2010, when the Socialist government was in power, state advertising spending was relatively equitable across the various media organisations, and there wasn't any news outlet that operated wholly based on income derived from government expenditure. However, after 2010 - and particularly over the past few years - this has appreciably changed.

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