Magyar Hírlap is a Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 daily. It started in 1968 as a newspaper

Newspaper

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 of the Hungarian government. In 1990 it became independent. In November 2006, media tycoon Gábor Széles bought Magyar Hirlap. Since then the daily paper has been known as a supporter of political parties of Hungary with conservative and traditional values.

Criticism

Magyar Hírlap has faced sharp criticism for allowing anti-Semitic

Anti-Semitism

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 propaganda

Propaganda

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 in their printed paper as well as on their webpages. The Magyar Hírlap columnist Zsolt Bayer has, among other things, called Jews

Jews

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"stinking excrement".