It was the latest in a string of attacks against news outlets and media figures he believes are overly critical of him. The group says that strategy has given Orbán's Fidesz party control of about 80% of Hungary's media market. Opposition parties complain that they get just five minutes of airtime on public TV during elections, the legal minimum, while state broadcasters reliably amplify government talking points and smear Orbán's political opponents. Media crackdowns in other countriesHungary is not the only country where similar patterns to erode an independent media landscape have been playing out. The restrictive label "foreign agent" has been slapped on the few remaining independent media outlets and scores of journalists, and the government has steadily tightened controls on the internet.