USAID Funded 6200 Journalists, 707 Media Outlets Worldwide - Including in Hungary

An astonishing number of 6,200 journalists and 707 media outlets were funded by USAID worldwide, including Hungary-based ones. A mounting number of details are emerging about the operations of the globalist-liberal network, which has been promoting migration, gender issues, and war support in Hungary as well. Back in 2023, the head of the organization held a surprising meeting with Hungarian beneficiaries.

However, another photo confirms that Gabor Polyak—who served as the head of media policy for the 2022 left-wing prime ministerial candidate and was an advisor to former Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany—had a separate meeting with Samantha Power and David Pressman. This took place just one year after Polyak was involved in the failed, foreign-funded opposition coalition in the 2022 elections in Hungary.

Polyak leads the hardly independent Mertek Media Analysis Workshop, which—with the backing of Brussels-favored Okotars Foundation—was responsible for selecting which media outlets in Hungary would receive U.S. funds. Among the recipients were: Magyar Jeti Zrt., publisher of 444.hu, Van Masik Zrt., which operates Telex.hu, with also major funding going to Magyar Hang (which among other topics spread the false Syrian airplane story), Klubradio, and Atlatszo.

However, the latest round of funding distribution was blocked. As has been widely publicized, when Donald Trump took office, he suspended foreign financial aid for 90 days, impacting 173 million forints (about $500,000) in funding destined for beneficiaries in Hungary.

Media Outlets Losing USAID Funding in Hungary: 444.hu Lost over 8 million forints (about $22,000), G7 & Jelen lost 7 million forints each (about $19,000 each), Klubradio & Magyar Hang lost over 10 million forints each (about $27,000 each) and Tilos Radio lost 7 million forints (about $19,000)
It remains unclear whether these funds are permanently or only temporarily inaccessible to the beneficiaries.

Even within the United States, USAID is facing significant criticism. Elon Musk has argued that the agency paid media outlets to spread its propaganda.

In 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., former Democratic presidential candidate and current U.S. health secretary, made a striking claim in an interview with The Epoch Times:

“The CIA has become one of the biggest funders of journalism worldwide. The largest financial support flows through USAID. The United States funds journalism in almost every country in the world. They own media outlets and pay the salaries of thousands of journalists. They cannot legally do this within the U.S., but in 2016, President Obama changed the law to make it legal now for the CIA to propagandize Americans.”