Róbert Puzsér

Róbert Puzsér
Róbert Puzsér
	Puzsér in 2019
Born	October 24, 1974 (age 49); Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Occupation(s)	publicist, anchorman, editor, critic
Years active	2004–present
Notable work	Csillag születik, Budapest Rádió, Budapest Televízió, kulturpart.hu

Róbert Puzsér (born 24 October 1974) is a Hungarian publicist, anchorman, editor and social critic.

Life

His jewish mother survived the Holocaust.^[1]

After he had graduated as teacher of History and Hungarian literature and grammar at

Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church

in Budapest, he worked at a secondary school as a teacher for one year. As critic of culture, media and society, he has been a regular guest in television and radio since 2004 and has had several stage appearances in the nightlife of Budapest. As free author, he has written magazine articles and essays for numerous portals, newspapers. He has been maintaining the online platform szelsokozep.com with several co-workers for several years, where i.a. his own criticisms have been published in written and audiovisual form, allowed to be discussed openly.

In 2012, he was a member of the jury in the fourth season quarter of the

Csillag születik

Hungarian talent show, in the wake of which he became known nationwide. His tough sentences and strict ratings made him a controversial figure, and his activity (although short-lived) implanted several fashion words and numerous phraseologisms into the Hungarian language.

He criticizes sharply, attacks (less frequently praises) various social phenomena, mainly within the field of politics, commercial television and tabloid media^[2] and the advertisement as an institute endangering democracy, capitalism and human rights.^[3]

He has launched discussions with reflecting more or less on public life. Meanwhile, without definitely joining the "wagon camp" of a political party or TV channel, he considers himself as an "outsider",

LMP,^[5] therefore he helped the party by creating a campaign film,^[6] but later he moved away from the party.^[7]

He obtained a constant separate column in the Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet in 2015.^[8]

In 2019 he was running for the position of Lord Mayor of Budapest. He finished third with 4.46% of the votes.

Works

Broadcasts

Gang (MTV, 2004–2005, regular guest)
Szélsőközép (Budapest Rádió, 2005–2006, editor and anchorman)
Demokrácia Rt.(Budapest Rádió, 2005–2006, editor and anchorman)
Apokalipszis Rt. (Budapest Rádió, 2006–2007, editor and anchorman)
Na, mi újság? (Budapest TV, 2007–2008, editor and anchorman)
Lapzárta (Hír TV, 2007–2008, regular guest)
Szigorúan Ellenőrzött Mondatok (Echo TV, 2008, editor and anchorman)
Szélsőközép (RadioCafé, 2008, editor and anchorman)
A hét mesterlövésze (RadioCafé, 2009–2011, film criticism– editor and anchorman)
A hét mesterlövésze (Repetition of every broadcast: Jazzy Radio, since 2013)
Csillag Születik (RTL Klub, 2012, member of jury)
Ki Mit Tube (online talent show, 2014, 2015, member of jury)
Aranylövés Puzsérral (SportKlub, since 2015, anchorman)
Önkényes Mérvadó (Jazzy Radio, since 2015, anchorman)
Szelfi (RTL II, 2015)
Sznobjektív (Hír TV, 2016-, editor and anchorman)
Önkényes Mérvadó (Spirit Fm, since 2020, anchorman)

Regular performances

Reklámtörvényszék (Ötkert, Budapest, 2013, weekly – media criticism)
Sznobjektív (Gozsdu Manó Klub, Budapest, 2012–2014, weekly – cultural criticism)
Stand-up Tragedy (in several places, since 2012, social criticism)
A Civilizáció Visszavág (Corvin Dumaszínház, Budapest, since 2015, social criticism)
Apu azért iszik, mert te sírsz (Mika Tivadar Mulató, Budapest, since 2011, weekly, social criticism and philosophy)