SVFAB analyses broadcasts by M1 (MTVA, Hungary’s public service broadcaster) for balance and impartiality under the Media Act 2010 (Mttv.) §83. Each broadcast is assessed against 15 quality criteria, based on the CHES 2024 (Chapel Hill Expert Survey) political scale.
~28’000Broadcasts
6M1 Programmes
2021–2026Period
15Quality Criteria
Methodology: Each broadcast is assessed against 15 criteria (K1–K15) for balance. Scores range from 1 (balanced) to 10 (one-sided). Party bias is determined using CHES 2024 (Chapel Hill Expert Survey). Legal basis: Mttv. §83 (information obligations).
Note: SVFAB does not carry out its own political assessment. The analysis follows a standardised, reproducible procedure.
48 Perc (Political Magazine) —
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Híradó (News Broadcast) —
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Kérdések Órája (Question Time) —
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Kommentár Klub (Discussion Panel) —
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Magyarország Ma (Hungary Today) —
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Summa (Weekly Summary) —
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These analyses can serve as the basis for programme complaints: they document minute by minute where framing, omissions or emotionalisation occurred.
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Status: May 2026. Methodology: SVFAB Detailed Analysis v1.0 (15 criteria, CHES 2024). Data source: M1 subtitles (SRT). SVFAB, Postfach, 8021 Zürich 1.
Legal Disclaimer
- No factual determination
- The results presented do not constitute factual determinations about individual persons, editorial teams, or broadcasts. They are the product of a standardized operationalization, not a finding of individual responsibility.
- No legal judgment
- The aggregated deviation index does not replace a legal assessment under Mttv. §83. The determination of whether a specific broadcast violates legal requirements is exclusively the responsibility of the competent authorities (in particular NMHH).
- No proof of causation
- Statistical correlations are not to be interpreted as proof of causal relationships or editorial intent. Deviation values may be influenced by topic selection, news environment, political controversy, or format logic.
- No judgment of intent
- The analysis measures observable structural characteristics of broadcasts. A score of 7 means a significant imbalance was detected — not that the editorial team intended it. The methodology makes no claims about motives or strategic objectives.
- Heuristic comparison tool
- The index serves comparative pattern recognition across thousands of broadcasts, not precise metric measurement of individual segments. Threshold values serve heuristic orientation, not sharp legal qualification.
- AI-Assisted Analysis
- This analysis was produced with the assistance of a large language model (LLM) and systematically cross-checked against original sources (transcripts, subtitles). The procedure is near-deterministic (temperature ≈ 0) but not fully reproducible. Criteria K10–K15 (soft facts) contain interpretive assessments that should be understood as analytical hypotheses.
- Speaking Times Are Approximations
- All speaking time indications are based on word count in the transcript (approx. 150 words/min.) and do not constitute second-precise measurements. They serve comparability across broadcasts, not as an exact metric.