The most explicit symptom of this global malaise can be seen in Hungary now, where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán just recently secured parliamentary approval for a set of drastic measures consisting of jail terms for spreading false information and no clear time limitation to a state of emergency situation that allows him to rule by decree.
The editorial in this newspaper, “Uncritical recommendation” (April 2), pointed out how the Indian Supreme Court has actually uncritically accepted the main story that “phony news” about the duration of the lockdown being “three months” triggered a panic reaction from migrant employees throughout States.
