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I don't know if Roy, Left Blogistan's preeminent Rod Dreher scholar, has seen this testimony of what Dreher did on his three-month Hungarian junket, so I want to make sure it gets posted somewhere:
Dreher, who we caught in early August complaining about how the Western press smears Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán as a fascist when they don't bother to learn the first thing about what Orbán has actually done—
this write-by-numbers Atlantic piece on how the 2022 election might be the last time to stop Hungary from turning into an Orban autocracy. It’s typical of the coverage you see in the Western media: no interest at all in trying to understand the nuances of the issues in play. It’s all Magyar Man Bad. As I have said repeatedly, if you come to Hungary with an open mind, and spend any time, you may not come away thinking pro-Orban thoughts, but you will come away realizing that the situation here is far, far different from the picture you see in the Western media.
—hasn't bothered to learn the first thing about what Orbán has actually done.
I mean literally: Rodsplaining Hungarian freedom of expression to Hungary's only remaining independent media outlet:
2/ Dreher: You’re telling me the media is in gov hands, but then how is it possible I’m talking to you? You belong to the opposition media. Klubradio: Maybe you’re not aware that KB no longer has a radio frequency and can only be heard on the internet. RD: I did not know that.
— David Baer (@h_david_baer) August 29, 2021
4/ KB: What do you say about the fact that there are no independent regional newspapers? RD: I was told the paper with the largest circulation in the country belongs to the opposition. Is that true? KB: Yes, but….
— David Baer (@h_david_baer) August 29, 2021
6/ You might think after spending three months in Hungary and writing about Hungary regularly on his blog, Dreher would have done enough due diligence to be able to answer simple questions from an independent reporter.
— David Baer (@h_david_baer) August 29, 2021
"Oh, really? Herr Hitler has thrown all the members of the Social Democratic Party into prison camps? I hadn't noticed that."
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