Nearly a year ago a row between Hungary and the Commission was defused when Mr Orban's government agreed to amend the wording of the new media law, in the sections on balanced reporting, country of origin and media registration.

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The Knight Foundation has a shared origin story with the now retired public media company Knight Ridder.

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Local media have described the gunman as an American man of Korean origin, who does not have a criminal record.

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Media that discriminates against its professionals on the basis of gender, ethnic origin, disability or otherwise, severely compromises the independence and pluralism of information conveyed to local, national and international communities.

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Business people should care, and care deeply, about the manner in which the media characterizes all of us whenever it does so using race, gender, religion, disability, national origin, sexual orientation or gender preference.

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