How to represent the truth in a state that lost it’s ‘rule of Law’? To answer this question we have to understand, what happened in the last few years in Hungary. As a post-socialist state, Hungary was very inexperienced. Anyway, the critical weaknesses of the democratic conditions are same as in any other political system. Corruption, absolute need for profit, fraud, exploitation and fact counterfeiting. The difference is that the democracy secures the chance to reveal this anomalies. That is what missing in the Hungarian ‘democracy’. Every single change carries the risk of failure, or the chance to loose some important values. It is a fact. There is something which is not have been taken into account. The repositioning. As the religions keeps some elments of the previous religions - to make the transition easier -, it seems logical that the political systems can operate in a similar way. Especially if it ensures the stability of the political actors. In a democracy, or a democracy-like system there is a need of counterweights. The political opposition, advocacy groups, civil rights organizations and so on. There is an independent community which serves this ‘counterweights’. It is the press. Of course this is just an ideal case. Today the media staff or as the editor of the ‘Élet és Irodalom’ /Life and Literature/, Zoltán Kovács calls them: ‘pressworkers’ brought themselves to a specific situation. On the one hand they didn’t do anything against the generalized prejuidices. That have led to underestimation of the journalism. On the other hand an increasing proportion of journalists - hoping to benefit from different parties - practically turned out as speaking-tubes of that parties. Those who went further in this disgusting game, they are much more similar to prostitutes than journalists. For example András Bencsik. He is not more than an opportunist. He was member of several parties (member of MDF, Fidesz (current member), sympathizer of FKGP, and the far-right parties MIÉP, and Jobbik). Currently he organizes the ‘Peace March’ as leader of a so called civil organization the ‘Civil Cooperation Forum’. A cilvil organisation which is financed by the government. Interesting anomaly isn’t it? /Other question: why do we have to discredit this profession?/ By the way, Financing. The press is supported by parties and the respective government. The perfect example of the undermining of journalistic ethics. It risks a ‘sine qua non’, an indispensable condition. The freedom of the press. That is an interesting phenomenon, not only in Hungary, but in the whole world. If a journalist can’t throw light on a dangerous circumstance, won’t be a malfunction? As I see that is an intentional harm. And in this case are not only the right-winger parties guilty. The last few weeks where the ‘tax-campaign’ against the channel RTL Klub and this seems to confirm the suspicion, that the government want to introduce an unlimited censorship. And this would ensure the status quo. How to defend ourselves something we do not know nothing about? Wihout informations we’re defendless and fatally unprepared.
The education is a dangerous two-edged sword. If the quality isn’t adequate, the acquired helplessness will appear. Lack of Comprehension, and problem-solving skills. This is the purpose of an authoritarianism. Hungary does not seem to learn from it’s mistakes.