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London media agency carries Viktor Orban's nativist message
Source: The Guardian
London media agency carries Viktor Orbán's nativist message
V4NA, which pumps out stories on dangers of migration, has links to Hungary’s government
Shaun Walker in Budapest
Sun 5 May 2019 16.33 BST Last modified on Sun 5 May 2019 16.40 BST
“Islam can take over Sweden in 50 years.”
“Migrants unhappy with the free money they get.”
Welcome to the world according to the V4 News Agency (V4NA), a newly launched London-based media outlet with strong links to Viktor Orbán’s far-right government in Hungary.
Domestically, Orbán has built his political platform on opposing migration to Europe, a message carried by a stable of government-friendly media outlets. The establishment of V4NA appears to have two goals: to provide international content for these domestic outlets, and also to amplify Orbán’s nativist message outside Hungary.
“We give a conservative, rightwing perspective of the key political, economical and other news that are critical to our life in Europe and around the world,” said a statement released by V4NA shortly after it launched, adding that it had a team of 50 journalists who were “always on location where the leading stories happen in Europe”.
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V4NA, which pumps out stories on dangers of migration, has links to Hungary’s government
Shaun Walker in Budapest
Sun 5 May 2019 16.33 BST Last modified on Sun 5 May 2019 16.40 BST
“Islam can take over Sweden in 50 years.”
“Migrants unhappy with the free money they get.”
Welcome to the world according to the V4 News Agency (V4NA), a newly launched London-based media outlet with strong links to Viktor Orbán’s far-right government in Hungary.
Domestically, Orbán has built his political platform on opposing migration to Europe, a message carried by a stable of government-friendly media outlets. The establishment of V4NA appears to have two goals: to provide international content for these domestic outlets, and also to amplify Orbán’s nativist message outside Hungary.
“We give a conservative, rightwing perspective of the key political, economical and other news that are critical to our life in Europe and around the world,” said a statement released by V4NA shortly after it launched, adding that it had a team of 50 journalists who were “always on location where the leading stories happen in Europe”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/05/london-based-media-agency-channels-victor-orban-nativist-message-hungary
