Anita Komuves for Reuters, under the headline “Orban’s media empire crumbles after Hungary election defeat”:

The media empire built by former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government, a key pillar of the nationalist leader’s 16 years in power, is swiftly unravelling following an election last month ​that abruptly ended his rule.

Within weeks of the vote, which the centre-right opposition led by Peter Magyar won with a landslide, senior figures at some of the most prominent pro-Orban ‌outlets have been pushed out and a flagship news programme was scrapped.

The tone of public service media changed overnight, with more opposition voices appearing even before Magyar formally took power, while pro-Orban influencers have practically disappeared from social media.

Despite ample evidence suggesting otherwise, Donald Trump and his lackeys haven’t completely captured the American press the same way Orbán did in Hungary, so the day Trump’s regime finally falls is unlikely to mark a dramatic return to press independence. I am hopeful, however, that once the tide of public opinion has turned fully against Trump and even his most ardent supporters have repudiated him, the media barons gorging themselves at the Trump trough will see their empires crumble as their audience becomes increasingly unwilling to swallow the bullshit.