{"id":4382,"date":"2020-03-13T13:35:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T13:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=4382"},"modified":"2020-03-13T13:35:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T13:35:46","slug":"klubradio-case-highlights-larger-issues-with-hungarys-media-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=4382","title":{"rendered":"Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3 case highlights larger issues with Hungary\u2019s media laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<h1>Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3 case highlights larger issues with Hungary\u2019s media laws<\/h1>\n<p class=\"subhead\">Getting the facts straight about Klub\u00e1di\u00f3.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<footer class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"byline\">European Voice<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<footer class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"timestamp\"><time datetime=\"2012-10-03T22:20:00+00:00\">10\/3\/12, 10:20 PM CET<\/time><\/p>\n<p class=\"updated\">Updated <time datetime=\"2014-04-12T23:47:19+00:00\">4\/12\/14, 11:47 PM CET<\/time><\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.shopskm.com\/rugby-Jerseys\/NRL-Telstra-Premiership\/Roosters' title='cheap sydney roosters jersey'>cheap sydney roosters jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>On your pages, the Hungarian Media Council suggested that Human Rights Watch was guilty of \u201cdouble standards, bias and prejudice\u201d in its assessment of its role in two cases in which an independent radio station, Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3, has found itself under pressure (\u201cKnowing the Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3 facts\u201d, 20-26 September).&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>A look at the legal decisions themselves \u2013 one of them issued since its letter was published \u2013 shows that its argument is unfounded.  <\/p>\n<p>In one case, a court disqualified a bid for a frequency, ordering the Media Council to reassess existing bids, with the logical conclusion that the runner-up, Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3, should be pronounced winner. Instead, the Media Cuncil invalidated Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3\u2019s bid \u2013 a decision ruled unlawful by a Budapest court on 26 September. The other case was sent by the Budapest Appellate Court back to a lower court for procedural reasons. But, on substance, the appellate court found that the Media Council had an obligation to sign a contract with Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3 after the station won the frequency. <\/p>\n<p>The on-going efforts by the Media Council to deny Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3 a broadcast licence are possible because of excessive powers granted to it by Hungary\u2019s media laws. These laws have been criticised by the European Commission and the Council of Europe, both of which have made specific recommendations.  <\/p>\n<p>Rather than heeding these recommendations, Hungary amended the media laws in May to give the Media Council further powers to control broadcasting licences, while limiting the ability of the courts to review its decisions. This prompted criticism in June from Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner for the digital agenda.    <\/p>\n<p>If the Media Council and the Hungarian government are serious about ending criticism of the country\u2019s media laws, they should implement Europe\u2019s recommendations. <\/p>\n<p>Lydia Gall&nbsp; Human Rights WatchBudapest <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Klubr\u00e1di\u00f3 case highlights larger issues with Hungary\u2019s media laws Getting the facts straight about Klub\u00e1di\u00f3. European Voice 10\/3\/12, 10:20 PM CET Updated 4\/12\/14, 11:47 PM CET Click Here: cheap sydney roosters jersey On your pages, the Hungarian Media Council suggested that Human Rights Watch was guilty of \u201cdouble standards, bias and prejudice\u201d in its assessment&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}