Post from 2026-09-04 17:13:10
Populists tend to argue that all outlets are "loyal" to someone, nobody is really independent.
I just read that the new gov fired the gen manager of Mandiner, one of the many propaganda papers of the prev system + revenue from state is cut.
Well, Mandiner started out as a (pretty good, IMO) right-wing political blog, which was regularly promoted on front page of Index - still the largest, back then an independent, left-leaned outlet. By promotion I mean Index selected Mandiners articles to counterpoint the main articles, for free. I have some numbers and this meant a *lot* of visitors for Mandiner!
Mandiner and Index were both consumed by Orban's propraganda, and this is how we got to present time.
So much for that populist BS.