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'''Ferenc Szaniszló''' (born 7 October 1960) is a ] right-wing media figure and a broadcaster for ], a conservative television service in Hungary. In 2013 Szaniszló received Hungary's prestigious Táncsics journalism award for his earlier work, including reports on the ] and the ], but returned it following criticism over ] and ] remarks broadcast nationally on Echo TV. '''Ferenc Szaniszló''' (born 7 October 1960) is a ] right-wing media figure and a broadcaster for ], a conservative television service in Hungary. In 2013 Szaniszló received Hungary's prestigious Táncsics journalism award, but returned it following criticism over ] and ] remarks broadcast nationally on Echo TV.


==Career== ==Career==


Szaniszló was born in ] in 1960, and grew up in ] and ], both in east Hungary. He attended University in ], and was subsequently stationed there as an employee of the Hungarian daily paper ].<ref name=index>{{cite web|url=http://index.hu/kultur/media/2013/03/14/szaniszlo_tiltakozas/|title=Szaniszló kitüntetése legitimálja a gyűlöletkeltést|language=Hungarian|date=14 March 2013|work=index.hu|title=Awarding Szaniszló legitimizes incitement of hatred}}</ref> Szaniszló was born in ] in 1960, and grew up in ] and ], both in east Hungary. He attended University in ], and was subsequently stationed there as an employee of the Hungarian daily paper ].<ref name=index>{{cite web|url=http://index.hu/kultur/media/2013/03/14/szaniszlo_tiltakozas/|title=Szaniszló kitüntetése legitimálja a gyűlöletkeltést|language=Hungarian|date=14 March 2013|work=index.hu|title=Awarding Szaniszló legitimizes incitement of hatred}}</ref>


Working for ] television, Szaniszló reported on the ] of the ],<ref>{{cite news|last=Szaniszlo|first=Ferenc|title=Yeltsin on restructuring and Soviet leaders|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=BBC|date=20 February 1989}}</ref> and on the ] between Serb and Hungarian speaking populations in Yugoslavia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Other reports on Croatia: Hungarian-populated village in Slavonia fighting Chetniks receives ultimatum|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=BBC|date=11 July 1991}}</ref> Later, Szaniszló covered the Kosovo war in Serbia, interviewing Albanian villagers and political leaders.<ref>{{cite news|title=Yugoslavia: Albanian leaders on negotiation positions, arms, tactics|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=BBC|date=11 September 1998}}</ref> Working for ] television, Szaniszló reported on the ] of the ],<ref>{{cite news|last=Szaniszlo|first=Ferenc|title=Yeltsin on restructuring and Soviet leaders|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=BBC|date=20 February 1989}}</ref> and on the ] between Serb and Hungarian speaking populations in Yugoslavia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Other reports on Croatia: Hungarian-populated village in Slavonia fighting Chetniks receives ultimatum|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=BBC|date=11 July 1991}}</ref> Later, Szaniszló covered the Kosovo war in Serbia, interviewing Albanian villagers and political leaders.<ref>{{cite news|title=Yugoslavia: Albanian leaders on negotiation positions, arms, tactics|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=BBC|date=11 September 1998}}</ref>
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On 14 March 2013<ref name=index /> the Hungarian Human Resources Minister ] awarded Szaniszló the Táncsics award, one of Hungary's highest state awards for journalism, named after ].<ref name=euro>{{cite news|title=Hungarian government awards prize to far-right journalist|url=http://www.euronews.com/2013/03/18/web-hungarian-government-awards-prize-to-far-right-journalist/|accessdate=28 March 2013|newspaper=Euronews|date=18 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=hersh>{{cite news|last=Hershfeld|first=Rachel|title=Racist Hungarian Journalist Returns State Prize|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/166451#.UVORkb8eNzo|accessdate=28 March 2013|newspaper=Arutz Sheva|date=21 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=thorpe>{{cite news|last=Thorpe|first=Nick|title=Anger in Hungary at prize for 'anti-Semitic' reporter|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21834834|accessdate=28 March 2013|newspaper=BBC|date=18 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=paterson>{{cite news|last=Paterson|first=Tony|title=Hungarian government awards Tancsics prize for journalism to notorious anti-Semite Ferenc Szaniszlo|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hungarian-government-awards-tancsics-prize-for-journalism-to-notorious-antisemite-ferenc-szaniszlo-8538178.html|accessdate=24 March 2012|newspaper=The Independent|date=17 March 2012}}</ref> On 14 March 2013<ref name=index /> the Hungarian Human Resources Minister ] awarded Szaniszló the Táncsics award, one of Hungary's highest state awards for journalism, named after ].<ref name=euro>{{cite news|title=Hungarian government awards prize to far-right journalist|url=http://www.euronews.com/2013/03/18/web-hungarian-government-awards-prize-to-far-right-journalist/|accessdate=28 March 2013|newspaper=Euronews|date=18 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=hersh>{{cite news|last=Hershfeld|first=Rachel|title=Racist Hungarian Journalist Returns State Prize|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/166451#.UVORkb8eNzo|accessdate=28 March 2013|newspaper=Arutz Sheva|date=21 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=thorpe>{{cite news|last=Thorpe|first=Nick|title=Anger in Hungary at prize for 'anti-Semitic' reporter|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21834834|accessdate=28 March 2013|newspaper=BBC|date=18 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=paterson>{{cite news|last=Paterson|first=Tony|title=Hungarian government awards Tancsics prize for journalism to notorious anti-Semite Ferenc Szaniszlo|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hungarian-government-awards-tancsics-prize-for-journalism-to-notorious-antisemite-ferenc-szaniszlo-8538178.html|accessdate=24 March 2012|newspaper=The Independent|date=17 March 2012}}</ref>


Szaniszló has previously suggested that he regards Jews as "garbage," and referred to Hungary's Roma minority, who face discrimination, as "human monkeys."<ref name=paterson /><ref name=guard>{{cite news|last=Phillips|first=Leigh|title=International: EU is turning a blind eye to discrimination against Roma, say human rights groups|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/30/european-union-roma-human-rights|accessdate=29 April 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=31 July 2010}}</ref><ref name=mcdougall>{{cite web|last=McDougall|first=Gay|title=Human Rights Council: Fourth Session|url=http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G07/111/13/PDF/G0711113.pdf?OpenElement|publisher=United Nations|accessdate=28 May 2013|quote=The Independent Expert highlights that the Hungarian Government has demonstrated significant political will and dedicated considerable resources and attention to address the needs of, and problems faced by minorities in general. She considers the unique Hungarian system of minority self-governments to be a valuable contribution to efforts to enable cultural autonomy for many officially recognized minority groups in Hungary. However, at the local level, due to higher priority needs of Roma communities facing severe discrimination, exclusion and poverty, the system has largely been diverted from its intended function to preserve Roma culture, identity and language. The Roma have been the most affected by Hungary’s difficult transition period from socialism to a market-based economy. Economic decline and privatization of State industries caused a disproportionately high percentage of employed Roma to lose their jobs. Nationwide Roma unemployment rates continue to greatly exceed those of other minorities and the majority population, exacerbated by exclusion from labour markets due to widespread discrimination and anti-Roma prejudice. Statistics reveal a life expectancy for Roma of over 10 years less than that of the general population. Education of Roma is characterized by widespread segregation on racial grounds and poor educational opportunities, particularly for Roma girls. Thousands of Roma live without running water, electricity and other basic services. The Roma population face serious discrimination, exclusion and unusually high levels of poverty.}}</ref><ref name=jta>{{cite news|title=Hungarian journalist to return state honor, denies anti-semitism|url=http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/hungarian-journalist-to-return-state-honor-denies-anti-semitism|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=Haaretz|date=21 March 2013}}</ref> Socialist opposition MP István Nyakó called the award a political calculation seeking "the applause of the extreme right."<ref name=fluck>{{cite news|last=Flückiger|first=Paul|title=Ungarn ehrt antisemitischen Journalisten|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/ferenc-szaniszlo-ungarn-ehrt-antisemitischen-journalisten/7943088.html|accessdate=27 July 2013|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel|date=17 March 2013}}</ref>< Szaniszló has previously suggested that he regards Jews as "garbage," and referred to Hungary's Roma minority, who face discrimination, as "human monkeys."<ref name=paterson /><ref name=guard>{{cite news|last=Phillips|first=Leigh|title=International: EU is turning a blind eye to discrimination against Roma, say human rights groups|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/30/european-union-roma-human-rights|accessdate=29 April 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=31 July 2010}}</ref><ref name=mcdougall>{{cite web|last=McDougall|first=Gay|title=Human Rights Council: Fourth Session|url=http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G07/111/13/PDF/G0711113.pdf?OpenElement|publisher=United Nations|accessdate=28 May 2013|quote=The Independent Expert highlights that the Hungarian Government has demonstrated significant political will and dedicated considerable resources and attention to address the needs of, and problems faced by minorities in general. She considers the unique Hungarian system of minority self-governments to be a valuable contribution to efforts to enable cultural autonomy for many officially recognized minority groups in Hungary. However, at the local level, due to higher priority needs of Roma communities facing severe discrimination, exclusion and poverty, the system has largely been diverted from its intended function to preserve Roma culture, identity and language. The Roma have been the most affected by Hungary’s difficult transition period from socialism to a market-based economy. Economic decline and privatization of State industries caused a disproportionately high percentage of employed Roma to lose their jobs. Nationwide Roma unemployment rates continue to greatly exceed those of other minorities and the majority population, exacerbated by exclusion from labour markets due to widespread discrimination and anti-Roma prejudice. Statistics reveal a life expectancy for Roma of over 10 years less than that of the general population. Education of Roma is characterized by widespread segregation on racial grounds and poor educational opportunities, particularly for Roma girls. Thousands of Roma live without running water, electricity and other basic services. The Roma population face serious discrimination, exclusion and unusually high levels of poverty.}}</ref><ref name=jta>{{cite news|title=Hungarian journalist to return state honor, denies anti-semitism|url=http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/hungarian-journalist-to-return-state-honor-denies-anti-semitism|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=Haaretz|date=21 March 2013}}</ref> ]'s conservative ] government also gave awards to Janos Petras, whose band Karpatia has called for a forceful expansion of Hungarian borders and an immaculate nation, and to Kornel Bakay, an archaeologist who claims that the jews were the slave traders of the Middle Ages.<ref name=levi>{{cite news|last=Levi|first=Jonathan|title=Politics Spills Onto Stage in Budapest|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/arts/05iht-angels05.html|accessdate=27 July 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=4 April 2013}}</ref><ref name=paterson /><ref name=haaretz>{{cite news|title=Israel condemns award to Hungarian reporter it calls anti-Semitic|url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-condemns-award-to-hungarian-reporter-it-calls-anti-semitic-1.510318|accessdate=27 July 2013|newspaper=Haaretz|date=18 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=ozsvath>{{cite news|last=Ozsvath|first=Stephan|title=Antisemitischer TV-Moderator gibt Staatspreis zurück|url=http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/ungarn418.html|accessdate=27 July 2013|newspaper=Tagesschau|date=21 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=zeit>{{cite news|title=Ungarns Regierung vergibt Orden an Antisemiten|url=http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2013-03/ungarn-orban-orden-antisemiten|accessdate=27 July 2013|newspaper=Die Zeit|date=17 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=sudd>{{cite news|title=Regierung verleiht Orden an antisemitischen Journalisten|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/rechtskonservative-in-ungarn-regierung-verleiht-orden-an-antisemitischen-journalist-1.1626414|accessdate=27 July 2013|newspaper=Suddeutsche Zeitung|date=17 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=thedrel>{{cite news|last=Thedrel|first=Arielle|title=Hongrie : Viktor Orban met l'extrême droite à l'honneur|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2013/03/18/01003-20130318ARTFIG00412-hongrie-viktor-orban-met-l-extreme-droite-a-l-honneur.php|accessdate=27 July 2013|newspaper=Le Monde|date=18 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=tarquini>{{cite news|last=Tarquini|first=Andrea|title=Orban decora tre razzisti antisemiti dall'Ungheria nuova sfida all'Europa|url=http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2013/03/17/news/decorati_orban-54775715/|accessdate=27 July 2013|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=17 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=magni>{{cite news|last=Magni|first=Stefano|title=Orban, il “nemico” ungherese creato dall’Unione Europea|url=http://www.lindipendenza.com/orban-ungheria-europa-magni/|accessdate=27 July 2013|newspaper=L'Indepenza|date=20 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=volks>{{cite news|title=Hongaarse regering kent antisemieten prijzen toe|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2664/Nieuws/article/detail/3410690/2013/03/17/Hongaarse-regering-kent-antisemieten-prijzen-toe.dhtml|accessdate=27 July 2013|newspaper=Volkskrant|date=17 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=vilcek>{{cite news|last=Vilček|first=Ivan|title=V Maďarsku vyznamenali antisemitského novináře i nacionalistickou kapelu|url=http://www.novinky.cz/zahranicni/evropa/296342-v-madarsku-vyznamenali-antisemitskeho-novinare-i-nacionalistickou-kapelu.html|accessdate=27 July 2013|newspaper=Novinky.cz|date=18 March 2013}}</ref>

The Orban government has courted far right voters since its victory in the 2010 Hungarian elections that saw the ] Party, often described as fascistic, win 17% of the national vote; Socialist opposition MP Istvan Nyako called the award a political calculation seeking "the applause of the extreme right."<ref name=levi /><ref name=thorpe /><ref name=ozsvath /><ref name=fluck>{{cite news|last=Flückiger|first=Paul|title=Ungarn ehrt antisemitischen Journalisten|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/ferenc-szaniszlo-ungarn-ehrt-antisemitischen-journalisten/7943088.html|accessdate=27 July 2013|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel|date=17 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=sudd /><ref name=thedrel /><ref name=salzmann /><ref name=tarquini />


Szaniszló's receipt of the Táncsics award was immediately criticized by Hungarian and international media, by the Israeli ambassador Ilan Mor, and by U.S. ambassador ].<ref name=paterson /><ref name=salzmann>{{cite news|last=Salzmann|first=Marcus|title=Hungary: National award for notorious Anti-Semite|url=http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/23/hung-m23.html|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=World Socialist Web Site|date=24 March 2013}}</ref> A dozen former recipients of the Táncsics returned their awards in protest.<ref name=dunai>{{cite news|last=Dunai|first=Martin|title=Hungary asks reporter to return award over anti-Semitism row|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/20/us-hungary-journalist-idUSBRE92J0AD20130320|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=Reuters|date=21 March 2013}}</ref> In response, and following a request by minister Balog, Szaniszló returned his award. He denied the charge of racism and stated that he was "a victim of machinations by ] and the ]".<ref name=jta /> Balog stated that Szaniszló's award primarily intended to acknowledge the media figure's previous work, and said that he only later learned of Szaniszló's racist remarks.<ref name=dunai /> On 22 March Balog wrote to the Ambassador of the United States, stating that he had immediately admitted his mistake in honoring Szaniszló; he countered that the Government of the United States had made the same error as Hungary in preparing to honor Egyptian ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www2.magyarhirlap.hu/balog-a-kettos-merce-az-usa-nak-art}}</ref> The Ambassador said she was pleased to see that Minister Balog had corrected his mistake.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atv.hu/cikk/video-20130321_balog_zoltan_belatta_nagyon_orult_az_amerikai_nagykovet}}</ref> Szaniszló's receipt of the Táncsics award was immediately criticized by Hungarian and international media, by the Israeli ambassador Ilan Mor, and by U.S. ambassador ].<ref name=paterson /><ref name=salzmann>{{cite news|last=Salzmann|first=Marcus|title=Hungary: National award for notorious Anti-Semite|url=http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/23/hung-m23.html|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=World Socialist Web Site|date=24 March 2013}}</ref> A dozen former recipients of the Táncsics returned their awards in protest.<ref name=dunai>{{cite news|last=Dunai|first=Martin|title=Hungary asks reporter to return award over anti-Semitism row|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/20/us-hungary-journalist-idUSBRE92J0AD20130320|accessdate=24 March 2013|newspaper=Reuters|date=21 March 2013}}</ref> In response, and following a request by minister Balog, Szaniszló returned his award. He denied the charge of racism and stated that he was "a victim of machinations by ] and the ]".<ref name=jta /> Balog stated that Szaniszló's award primarily intended to acknowledge the media figure's previous work, and said that he only later learned of Szaniszló's racist remarks.<ref name=dunai /> On 22 March Balog wrote to the Ambassador of the United States, stating that he had immediately admitted his mistake in honoring Szaniszló; he countered that the Government of the United States had made the same error as Hungary in preparing to honor Egyptian ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www2.magyarhirlap.hu/balog-a-kettos-merce-az-usa-nak-art}}</ref> The Ambassador said she was pleased to see that Minister Balog had corrected his mistake.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atv.hu/cikk/video-20130321_balog_zoltan_belatta_nagyon_orult_az_amerikai_nagykovet}}</ref>

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Ferenc Szaniszló (born 7 October 1960) is a Hungarian right-wing media figure and a broadcaster for Echo TV, a conservative television service in Hungary. In 2013 Szaniszló received Hungary's prestigious Táncsics journalism award, but returned it following criticism over anti-Semitic and anti-Roma remarks broadcast nationally on Echo TV.

Career

Szaniszló was born in Csenger in 1960, and grew up in Csegöld and Fehérgyarmat, both in east Hungary. He attended University in Moscow, and was subsequently stationed there as an employee of the Hungarian daily paper Magyar Hírlap.

Working for Budapest television, Szaniszló reported on the collapse of the Soviet Union, and on the conflict between Serb and Hungarian speaking populations in Yugoslavia. Later, Szaniszló covered the Kosovo war in Serbia, interviewing Albanian villagers and political leaders.

In Hungary, Szaniszló has worked for the television chain Echo TV, a "favorite forum among Hungarian neofascists" according to Le Monde.

Returned Táncsics award

Roma minority in Hungary (census 2001), by localities

On 14 March 2013 the Hungarian Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog awarded Szaniszló the Táncsics award, one of Hungary's highest state awards for journalism, named after Mihály Táncsics.

Szaniszló has previously suggested that he regards Jews as "garbage," and referred to Hungary's Roma minority, who face discrimination, as "human monkeys." Victor Orban's conservative Fidesz government also gave awards to Janos Petras, whose band Karpatia has called for a forceful expansion of Hungarian borders and an immaculate nation, and to Kornel Bakay, an archaeologist who claims that the jews were the slave traders of the Middle Ages.

The Orban government has courted far right voters since its victory in the 2010 Hungarian elections that saw the Jobbik Party, often described as fascistic, win 17% of the national vote; Socialist opposition MP Istvan Nyako called the award a political calculation seeking "the applause of the extreme right."

Szaniszló's receipt of the Táncsics award was immediately criticized by Hungarian and international media, by the Israeli ambassador Ilan Mor, and by U.S. ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis. A dozen former recipients of the Táncsics returned their awards in protest. In response, and following a request by minister Balog, Szaniszló returned his award. He denied the charge of racism and stated that he was "a victim of machinations by Israel and the United States". Balog stated that Szaniszló's award primarily intended to acknowledge the media figure's previous work, and said that he only later learned of Szaniszló's racist remarks. On 22 March Balog wrote to the Ambassador of the United States, stating that he had immediately admitted his mistake in honoring Szaniszló; he countered that the Government of the United States had made the same error as Hungary in preparing to honor Egyptian Samira Ibrahim. The Ambassador said she was pleased to see that Minister Balog had corrected his mistake.

Hungary's Szent Korona Rádió (Holy Cross Radio) quoted the president of the Jobbik Party, Gábor Vona, who stated that Szaniszló had won a "moral victory."

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