Hungarian pro-Fidesz YouTuber forgets to mute microphone: “It doesn’t even matter anymore”

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  1. # Context

    It is March 15th, Hungarian Independence Day. Both Fidesz (currently governing party with Orbán) and TISZA (biggest opposition party according to studies with Péter Magyar) have organised marches in Budapest, and multiple TV and YouTube channels are live streaming them, including “Patriot”, a YouTube channel supporting Fidesz.

    # Translated article

    At the beginning of the live stream by Patriot, microphones were not muted and as such, early birds at the stream could hear the following conversation:

    Speaker 1, female (Zsuzsanna György-Horváth): Alright, okay.
    Speaker 2, male (Dániel Deák): Until election day, until its night, we’ll be constantly saying, “go and vote”…
    Speaker 3, male (Gábor Szűcs): But we’ll be saying this all day.
    Speaker 2, male (Dániel Deák): Even though there’s no use, but who cares…
    Speaker 4, male (studio staff): We can hear everything.
    Speaker 1, female (Zsuzsanna György-Horváth): Jesus.

    Six minutes after the countdown Zsuzsa György-Horváth and Máté Gerhardt can be seen in Patriot’s studio. After live reports from the scene, Dániel Deák, the lead analyst of XXI. Század Institution and Gábor Szűcs, Alapjogokért Központ’s analyst are speakingl.

    Regarding what this dialogue was referring to specifically, we asked Dániel Deák on phone, who was then at the scene of Békemenet (Peace March: Orbán’s event). He said he doesn’t remember what the context was, since the show was an hour long. After we read the conversation out loud, he stated he thinks the context was “those who have already decided to vote, will go vote anyway, but even then, mobilization is very important, of course”.

  2. misterannthrope0 on

    who cares what a youtuber thinks?
    who gives a shit what some random dude on the internet said

  3. No use because they expect to Orbán and Fidesz to lose or because there is no point to vote because the election will be manipulated to ensure the winner is Orbán?

  4. Betyarkortelekvar on

    Calling him a YouTuber is very misleading. He is a propagandist directly employed by Fidesz, with a huge influence across many platforms.

  5. dont let pills etc make you think you don’t need to vote, GO VOTE! (and kick him out)

    edit: polls, not pills! not sure they make pills for this just yet

  6. Trying to convince people on the last days before election is not effective, is all they meant. It’s obvious nobody is getting convinced in these few days. Everyone knows who they are voting for already.

  7. Even diehard propagandists know what the “will of the Hungarian people” is. They just pretend otherwise for money.

  8. KarlwithaKandnotaC on

    He’s not a YouTuber though, he is the nation’s proclaimed penis-expert!

    For those who are unaware, one of the most pro-Fidesz channels’ “news” broadcast had a report on Peter Magyar adjusting his pants in the EU Parliament. They really messed up with the wording though, the context was how “he was searching for something in his pants” which was followed by, and I kid you not “The expert who has seen a lot” to introduce the aforementioned propagandist…

  9. Hopeful_Sun_ on

    I’m sorry, but I came to r/europe for the first time in two weeks, and 8 out of the first 10 posts are about Hungary. Honestly, people, get a life. Go to Hungary and get a reality check – it’s a normal European country, like Latvia or Poland. There’s nothing extreme about it. Visit Budapest – it’s the most beautiful city in Europe (not just according to me!).

    Yes, they have a shitty government, but I’d be more worried about Germany’s AfD or Le Pen in France than about the government of a country of around 9 million people or so in Central Europe. I wish the dear Hungarians all the best in changing their government and endurance if not, we love you guys, it will not last forever!!!! But other than that, sorry – Hungary is not that interesting. If you want to see real problems, there are plenty of other problematic areas in the EU, don’t be so obsessed with Hungary lol