A short thread about disinfo narratives pushed by the HUN govt, PM Orban’s possible rationale for supporting the Kremlin, recent voter attitudes towards RUS, UKR, US and our work at Hungary’s first dedicated anti-disinfo website. 1/13 We launched @lakmusz_hu in January and expected a hectic first quarter with a heated general election campaign, but the Russian invasion and the massive wave of disinfo in its wake meant we had to adjust quickly to our grim new reality. 2/13

A thread about the how the Hungarian Catholic Church successfully sued a victim of their child sexual abuse for harassment, after he tried to get officials to acknowledge what happened to him. 1/8 Attila Peto was sexually abused by a priest when he was a teenager. He notified church authorities in 2003 but no one was interested in his story. He tried again and again until 2015, when they started seriously investigating the case. 2/8

Why is Zelenskyy being portrayed in the HUN govt media as a brutal dictator trying to destabilize the region by starting a war on orders from the US? A short thread. 1/9 Zelenskyy addressed EU leaders Thursday evening calling out HUN PM Viktor Orban over his decision not to let weapons through to Ukraine and blocking sanctions on the RUS energy sector. 2/9

Let me tell you about @444hu, one of Hungary’s last independent outlets, our journey in 2020, and why I think audience revenues can really make a difference for newsrooms like ours, operating in challenging environments. 1/18 April 2020 felt like an endless string of emergency meetings. While reader numbers were skyrocketing, the digital advertising market collapsed. This was especially damaging since advertising was already very difficult to come by. 2/18