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Jan 25 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
"Whoever controls the media, controls the mindset of that country and through that, the country itself."

Words from the political director of PM Viktor #Orbán in #Hungary where Fidesz has pursued the most advanced model of media capture ever developed within the EU.
Further reading: Mission Report from @globalfreemedia on Media Freedom in Hungary Ahead of 2022 Election. ipi.media/mission-report…
A @RFERL investigation on how Hungary's State News Agency whitewashes the news. rferl.org/a/how-hungary-…
Another report on how how editors manipulate news coverage at Hungary's State Broadcaster. rferl.org/a/twisting-the…
Testimony of 444.hu journalist @erdelyipe about the state of the Hungarian media before the LIBE committee of the European Parliament.

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Today, the #Hungarian government has issued a decree which will require doctors to present women requesting an #abortion with fetal vital signs before proceeding with the procedure. 1/4 (Thread) 👇
2/4 Though the decree will be hard to put into practice, this is a clear sign that the Orban government wants to appease the far right who have requested the change for some time.
3/4 Hungary’s abortion laws are considered liberal (can be administered until the 12th week) and this is the first time they have been changed since 1992. The Fundamental Law also states “life should be protected from the time of conception”
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Aug 25, 2022
1/7 It’s Thursday and thanks to a study published by Hungary's State Audit Office, #Hungarian women now know that their over-representation in higher education is causing demographic challenges and puts boys at a disadvantage in schools. Thread from 1892 – sorry, 2022.👇
2/7 The study is based on a questionnaire, with the answers of 700 teachers and parents. As such, it is a perfect representation of Hungarian (and Central European) social norms.
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Aug 5, 2021
Yesterday, @TuckerCarlson aired a video from the Hungarian-Serbian border, investigating “how #Hungary solved its border crisis”. Some of the footage caught my eye, so I thought I would offer a quick fact check. A thread.
2/7 He began by claiming that the Hungarian border fence effectively ended illegal migration into the country. In fact, HU police arrested 54 000 illegal migrants from January to August this year, threefold increase from 2020. That does not include the numbers that evaded arrest.
3/7 Carlson is amazed by the “effectiveness” of the Hungarian system, when seeing migrants escorted back to Serbia through a door in the fence. What he saw is actually called pushback and it is unlawful.
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Jul 21, 2021
So here it is: #Hungarian PM Viktor #Orban announced a 5 question referendum about what he calls "the future of Hungarian children”. The questions are the following, (thanks for the translation @ivanlnagy )
1. Do you support that children shall encounter sexual educational content that shows different sexual orientations without parental consent?
2. Do you support that sex changing procedures shall be promoted to children?

3. Do you support that such procedures shall be made available for children?
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Feb 10, 2021
1/10 Hungarian authorities have so far authorized 5 different coronavirus vaccines in the country (AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna, Sputnik V, Sinopharm). Let's see how the vaccination campaign is going in a country that has chosen to take a different path from the EU. A thread. 👇
2/10 So far, 292 627 Hungarians have received their jabs, 113 570 even got their second dose. These are Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. So, no matter how hard the government is criticizing Brussels, the fact is: without the EU, the total number of people vaccinated in HU would be 0.
3/10 With a population of 9,8 million, this puts the percentage of vaccinated people around 3% (including those under 18). This is slightly better than the EU average.
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Nov 28, 2020
When you think you’ve seen it all in #Hungary, along comes Szilárd Demeter, ministerial commissoner, key figure in PM Orban's culture war and writes an op-ed saying “Europe is the gas chamber of George Soros; we are the new Jews”, referring to PL, HU and #RuleOfLaw mechanism.
I often face dilemma whether to tweet about the hate speech that has taken over our public sphere, but there are times when it just crosses the red line. I won’t post the original article, here is the summary : hvg.hu/itthon/2020112…
Demeter also compares holocaust survivor Soros to Adolf Hitler. “Soros is the liberal Führer. His liberarian (sic!) army deifies him in a more servile way then once did Hitler’s own”
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