"[1] Magyar Nemzet, a moderate conservative daily, was founded by Sándor Pethő in 1938.

Magyar Nemzet is regarded as part of conservative media which intensified in the country in 2010.

[4] Its major rival was Népszabadság, the former communist party newspaper, mostly supported the former socialist MSZP/SZDSZ government.

Magyar Nemzet's editorials often complain about bias of the more readily available Népszabadság and the former MSZP government's de facto censorship by cutting off funds for conservative newspaper.

[7] The paper had a circulation of 64,209 copies in 2009, making it the fifth best-selling daily in the country.