The media watchdog body ORTT has ordered checks and controls of MTV’s daily morning discussion show “Nap-kelte” after a viewer complained that host István Verebes “unreservedly praised” former Budapest Police chief Péter Gergényi in an interview. Verebes told Gergényi that whoever sacked him had made a mistake.
Verebes also defended former Agriculture Ministry state secretary Fülöp Benedek, who is under investigation from the prosecutor’s office.
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