In the past few years a law was passed in Hungary stating that media outlets that are bias and do not have fair coverage on all sides are subject to a fine. "Hungary's Parliament passed a law which threatens fines on media who engage in "unbalanced coverage"." Many of the media outlets in Hungary were only covering one view point of a story, this causes Hungarian citizens to not have all of the information and it can cause them to think in a certain way if they only have one side of a story.
According to IFLA, "The act, comprising 230 articles, establishes in the country a new body for media control, the National Media and Communications Authority, for monitoring the contents of all media, including the internet. Media Council is an independent body of the Authority. The Authority may stipulate regulations with respect to the behavior of the media. If it regards that the published information is not balanced, it has the right to impose a heavy fine to the media in question or even suspend its activity (see article 187 below). It may also oblige the media to reveal their source of information. The Act also gives quotas to European and Hungarian programs and music in the public media (articles 20-22). The Act stresses respecting "family values," a fact that has made the international sexual minority organizations suspicious. The Authority, as well as several other institutions, is led by Fidesz, the leading political party."
This act was passed in order to make the citizens of Hungary more informed and have a better rounded view point. The Hungarian government wants their citizens to be able to think for themselves, if they do not have all of the information, this becomes impossible.
However, according to The Human Rights Brief enforcing this law on the media outlets in Hungary also infringes on Hungarian rights that are granted by the Hungarian Constitution. While at the same time, not informing Hungarian citizens of all of the information is also taking away the Hungarian rights.
This is an issue that the European Union has stepped into to try and resolve to create fairness for both sides. "The Media Act has received harsh criticism. Many European nations criticize the Act for violating Article 62 of Hungary’s constitution, which recognizes freedom of the press, as well as Article 10 of the ECHR, which guarantees the right to freedom of expression."