8 MAGYAR JETI ZRT v. HUNGARY JUDGMENT publisher provided the source of the statement and gave the person concerned by the potentially injurious statement the opportunity to react. In such cases, according to the Constitutional Court, journalists neither made their own statements, nor did they intend to influence public opinion with their own thoughts. Therefore, the liability of the press for falsehoods was to be distinguished from situations where media content was merely defined by the editors’ and journalists’ own choices and decisions. Specifically, in these situations the aim of a publication was neither to enrich nor to influence public debate with the journalists’ own arguments, but to provide an up-to-date and credible report on the statements of third parties participating in public debates. The interest in a public debate required accurate reporting about press conferences. 22. Concerning the present case, the Constitutional Court found that the dissemination of a falsehood did not concern a statement expressed at a press conference. The statement in question had related to a media report about an event which the press had presented according to its own assessment. The press report had summarised information concerning an event of public interest. A press report fell outside the definition of dissemination only if the aim of the publication was to provide a credible and up-to-date presentation of statements by third parties in a public debate. However, in the present case the Kúria found that the aim of the publication had not been to present J.Gy.’s statements, but to present contradictory information concerning the event. Thus, the press report qualified as dissemination. II. RELEVANT DOMESTIC LAW 23. The relevant provisions of the Fundamental Law read as follows: Article VI “(1) Everyone has the right to have his or her private and family life, home, communications and reputation respected. ...” Article IX “(1) Everyone shall have the right to freely express his or her opinion. (2) Hungary shall recognise and protect the freedom and pluralism of the press, and ensure the conditions for freedom of information necessary for the formation of democratic public opinion.” 24. The Constitutional Court Act provides as follows: Section 27 “Any individual or organisation involved in a case may lodge a constitutional complaint with the Constitutional Court against a court decision which is contrary to the Fundamental Law within the meaning of Article 24 § 2 (d) of the Fundamental Law, if the ruling on the merits or another decision terminating the court proceedings (a) violates the complainant’s rights enshrined in the Fundamental Law, and