The democratic control, transparency and impartiality of public service media are key to a free public and informed decision-making by voters. The joint monitoring report of the Republikon Institute and Connect Europe, the first quarterly report of a one-year project, for the period February-April 2025, attempts to assess, with data, the balance of public media news provision, in particular the M1 evening news at 19:30. The aim of the research is to assess whether the public service media meet the independence and pluralism requirements of national and EU regulations.
The whole research can be read here.