June 14th, 2012

Hungarian Media Council rejects charges by Austrian MEP over slander complaint dismissal

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Hungary’s Media Council has rejected the recent charge of Austrian MEP Ulrike Lunacek that it had violated the law with its failure to explain in detail its decision about her complaint.

Lunacek turned to the council, the top body of Hungary’s media watchdog NMHH, because journalist Zsolt Bayer had called her a “crazy liar, an idiot” in a February programme of Hungarian television channel Echo TV.

The authority decided not to deal with the affair, arguing that it did not fall in its scope. On Tuesday, Lunacek filed a complaint at a Budapest court asking for legal remedy.

The Media Council had added a seven-page explanation to its resolution sent to the Austrian Green politician.

Commercial channel Echo TV, for which Bayer is a host, in January quoted Lunacek as saying that there were anti-Semitic slogans displayed at the Peace March.

The demonstration called ‘Peace March’, organised by conservative public figures including Bayer this January, was attended by 400 thousand people in support of the government.

MTI (Magyar Távirati Iroda) is the Hungarian news agency.
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  • FriendOfHungary

    Not 400,000 people, but 1.7 million people attended the Peach March. I have counted them all, one per one. Media that bring down the number of 1,700,000, are bloody liars and should rot in communist hell.

    • Cogito

      Picikém, you are at it again :) Carry on :)

  • Paul

    “because journalist Zsolt Bayer had called her a “crazy liar, an idiot” … it a Fidesz thing…..unable to communicate in a civilised way. Cogito had more than 10 insults in one page. Sigh….will backfire though…..Now….surprise, surprise….the response will be more insults.

    • Cogito

      “Now….surprise, surprise….the response will be more insults.”

      No need to wet your panties yet :) Those thing usually come in response to insulting comments like yours :)

      • Paul

        Q.E.D.

        • Cogito

          That’s it :)

          • Tontopollas

            Hijo de puta, hueles a mierda!

          • Cogito

            @ Tontopollas

            Hahaha :) :) Tontopollas, gilipollas, in Spanish means dickhead, asshole.

            And Yoda says: ‘That you are’ :) :)

          • Cogito

            @ Tontopollas :) :) :) (I love this handle, I just had to write it again for you)

            P.s.: So, if you curse in Spanish, you think it will look more cool? :) Ahhh, no, you are just a gutless worm, afraid to say it in English. :) :) Poor tontopollas :)

  • Vidra

    That’s because they are “full of emotions , remembering, love and hatred, and view politics a great deal more in moral terms”. In other words, as numerous people have advised on this site, there’s no point in trying to have a rational discussion with these throwbacks.

    • Leto. مؤدّب

      “there’s no point in trying to have a rational discussion with these throwbacks.”

      Including the “crazy liar, an idiot” Ulrike Lunacek who raged in the European Parliament how anti-Semitic (and “anti-European Union) the 400 thousand-strong Peace March was. (Somebody somewhere managed to take a picture of a poster in the crowd where David’s star was depicted in an unfavourable way.)

      • Viking

        Leto. مؤدّب says:
        June 14, 2012 at 3:23 pm

        David’s star was depicted in an unfavourable way
        —

        Aahh, ‘leto’ means his sign where the EU-flag, Star of David and a Red Star is thrown in the trash bin by a typical Hungarian…
        (-http://thecontrarianhungarian.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/political-debate-in-the-homeland-hungarian-television-show-analyzes-ep-hearing-on-hungarian-democracy/)

      • Cogito

        Don’t you love these ‘politicians’ like Ulrike Lunatec, trying to make a name for themselves in such a sorry way? :) Truely a Lunatic :)

        • Leto. مؤدّب

          For these lunatics (like this gyurcsanyist propaganda worker called Eva. S. Balogh), even a placard showing a nasty wolf in lamb skin painted blue with yellow five pointed yellow stars is anti-Semitic. :D :D :D
          (See the link posted by the Swedish moron.)

          • Viking

            How conveniently ‘leto’ misses the EU-wolf has J*wish traditional Payot (also pe’ot, peyot, payos, peyos; Hebrew: singular ,פֵּאָה ;plural ,פֵּאוֹת‎), which is the Hebrew word for sidelocks or sidecurls

            Check it out, they are put there to connect J*daism with EU, something ‘leto’ has no problem occurred in Fidesz demonstrations. Obviously Fidesz attracts that type of people and Fidesz is to weak to distance themselves

            A bigger picture is available here:
            (-http://thecontrarianhungarian.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/wolf.png)

          • Leto. مؤدّب

            Apparently these lunatics have specialized eyesights for spotting J*wish traditional Payots (also pe’ot, peyot, payos, peyos; Hebrew: singular ,פֵּאָה ;plural ,פֵּאוֹת‎, which is the Hebrew word for sidelocks or sidecurls) on a nasty cartoon wolf. Maybe they’ve got X-ray eyes to see the wolf’s willy, too. :D :D

  • Paul

    @ Viking
    ZsB: Of course. Neelie Kroes, in the name of democracy, sits there, this hapless idiot, and she thinks she can do this.

    Thanks to the link. I already knew what kind of idiots we are dealing with. But this is extreme. What a moron. His ONLY talent is insulting people.

    • Cogito

      That’s two :)

      • Paul

        You are right….I correct myself. Forget my initial angry comment.
        So…The fact that Mr.Bayer (a personal friend of mr. Orban) is deeply insulting mrs. Kroes outside her presence for the mere fact that she is criticising the current anti-democratic tendencies in Hungary these days under Fidesz rule, and standing firmly behind those Hungarians who want to defend democracy including ALL the checks and balances, tells a lot about his personality and about mr.Orbans personality. Everyone will draw his or hers own conclusion. Most of the people already did.
        Within the EU there is a whole range of different parties. All legitimate. The Green Party included. The Hungarian government will only be respected if it starts to respect the EU system and the involved parties. Starts to respect people with whom they disagree. There are no signs at all that they do. To honourable way to go is to leave the EU.

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