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The Putin-regime must have made a fortune placing ads next to their propaganda
Misinformation campaigns aren’t just cheap – they are profitable. Continue reading
The race is on to publish the first poll results about the war – and the results are even more unreliable than usual
Whoever delivers the first results about Hungarians’ supposed opinion about Putin’s war on Ukraine will influence public opinion more than it surveys it. This is why it is so worrying that the first polls are even more unreliable than usual. Continue reading
Fighting propaganda in the villages
An A4 sheet of paper folded in two. That is what people in villages get from the real news. Continue reading
Homophobic law: The pain is the point. And the distraction
The Hungarian Associations of Psychology and Psychiatry released an announcement that the new homophobic law is scientifically wrong and damaging to young people. It was a courageous stance, albeit futile. The government knows perfectly well that they are wrong. And the damage might be the point. Continue reading
Orbán’s media is not performing well
Dumbed-down propaganda and identical front pages don’t generate readership and loyalism is not enough qualification for an executioner – industry experience is also needed. Continue reading
Orbán’s 2022 campaign themes are taking shape
Orbán’s spin doctor has only one trick: hatemongering. It might not be enough this time, especially if he creates so many enemies that we run out of bandwidth to hate all of them. Continue reading
They invented a new parade and copied Leni Riefenstahl beat by beat
Can we say it now? Continue reading
Republicans are Russia’s new useful idiots
The Russian autocrat of the day has changed the tune from left to right – and just like that, American Republicans have become Russia’s new useful idiots. Except, they are paid. Continue reading
What an actual conservative would ask Orbán on power, the media, NGOs and churches
If a real conservative commentator existed, and if he would be allowed to ask Orbán – he would be asking these questions. Continue reading
Meanwhile in Budapest 