The threats reached Gerkens via friends and by e-mail and he also left his flat, moved to a hotel and employed bodyguards. He explained “It’s not Russia or Mexico, but better safe than sorry”.

Gerkens told Business Week that the government wrongly considers RTL Klub as an opposition station, whereas “our news is independent. We’re not going to talk about the guys in opposition that are basically doing nothing”.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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