Telex
Telex is a Hungarian independent digital news outlet founded in 2020 by journalists who left Index after editorial-independence disputes. Based in Budapest and reader-funded, it is among the country's most-read independent sites and is read mainly by opposition-leaning audiences.
Telex at a glance
- Country
- Hungary
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Left-leaning
- Website
- telex.hu ↗
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How Crosswire groups Telex
Crosswire groups Telex as Left-leaning for comparisons within Hungary's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Hungary, Index is listed as Centrist, while Origo and Magyar Nemzet are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Telex beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Telex sits in Hungary's press
Telex is one of 6 outlets tracked in Hungary, and one of 2 digital-native outlets among them — the other being 444. By outlets tracked, Hungary ranks 22nd of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 31 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Telex outside Hungary, starting with Central and Eastern Europe, are Ukrainska Pravda (Ukraine), Onliner (Belarus), NewsMaker (Moldova) and Meduza (Russia). Opening one of them beside Telex is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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