Balázs Orbán, the prime minister's political director, was a guest of Tucker Carlson on Fox News on Wednesday night. During the conversation, the host apologized on behalf of the American media for the untruths told on CNN. The world's leading media prepare differently for Viktor Orbán's speech in Dallas.
After CNN's report on Viktor Orbán's speech in Tusványosi was shown, Tucker asked his Hungarian guest that "they spend so much time hating you [Hungarians], why do you think?"
Balázs Orbán explained that in 2015, four hundred thousand people tried to cross the Hungarian borders illegally, as a result of which they decided to erect a fence and protect the borders, and since then the government has been under constant pressure from the global elite.
"We are very proud of our history, our Judeo-Christian heritage, and we want to preserve it as it is. To do this, we need to protect our borders, it's as simple as that," said the state secretary.
Based on his own experiences, Carlson, who had previously visited Hungary, stated that our media is much more balanced than in America, so he does not understand how Hungarians can stand the "caricatures out of touch with reality" shown in the Western media.
The Prime Minister's political director said that they believe that the accusations made in the media are politically motivated. He emphasized that, in his opinion, Hungarian people, like Americans, are very wise. "If you talk to them, they know what's good for their country," Orbán opined, and then he started talking about refugees from Ukraine and the southern border: "Average people feel the difference," refugees from the war should be welcomed, and "no should be said about illegal crossings, it's as simple as that".
That's it. (…) It is shocking that CNN was able to pull this off. Let me apologize on behalf of the American media,” Tucker said at the end of the show.
In addition to Fox News and CNN, the world's leading media are also preparing for Viktor Orbán's speech in Dallas. Jennifer Dresden, spokeswoman for Protect Democracy, called in her report for the media to "handle reports on Orbán carefully and in context".
"You don't want to give this guy airtime, but this is a story you have to cover!" - stated Robert C. Lieberman, political science professor at Johns Hopkins University, who also said that "we tend to think of CPAC as a circus. Here are these people who get together and put on their crappy clothes and talk to each other, but somehow they're harmless. This is not the case today."
Source: Magyar Hírlap
Author: Zsolt Sütő-Nagy
Photo: Zsolt Szigetváry
