Mi jutott a The Financial Times eszébe az IÁ akciója láttán?

2015. március 17.

Magyarként, ha az ember az Iszlám Állam harcairól készült videókat nézzük eszünkbe jutahatnak mindazok a történések, amelyeket az iskolai történelem órákon tanultunk, esetleg olvastunk az Egri csillagok, a Koppányi Aga testamentuma és az egyéb erről a korról szóló regényekben, dokumentumokban. Legyintünk rá, csak felszínes hasonlóság, csak történelem (esetleg csak kitaláció) – a XXI. században élünk, modern korban, minden más már, ezek csak képek, videók, nincs közünk hozzá.

THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND HUNGARY’S ELECTION: A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW

11 April 2014

The reaction of the Financial Times to Viktor Orbán’s decisive victory in last week’s Hungarian election was something to behold. An editorial steeped in invective set the tone; a leading commentator produced a hatchet job on the victors (no pun intended) and the FT’s resident journalist in Budapest found that the OSCE monitors had sullied the election victory with an observation that the rules gave an advantage to the incumbent.

Now the question I frequently ask myself is why? What is it about Hungary that so enrages the paragons of virtue at the Financial Times?

THE FINANCIAL TIMES ASSAULT ON HUNGARIAN DEMOCRACY

6 January 2012

As an avid reader of the Financial Times (FT), I was staggered by the paper’s coverage of Hungarian affairs this week. In short, it seemed like a systematic assault on the policies of the Hungarian Government and a smear campaign against the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán.

FIDESZ AND THE FINANCIAL TIMES: A CASE TO ANSWER?

18 August 2011

In a spate of recent articles, the Financial Times (FT) has been sharply critical of the actions of the Hungarian government and Prime Minister, Viktor Orban. Kester Eddy, the FT’s Budapest correspondent co-wrote an article on 3 August entitled “Hungary moves to charge former PMs” which was quickly followed a day later by an editorial entitled “Orban warfare”. Both articles expressed a clear opinion that the current Hungarian government was pursuing policies which in some way were anti-democratic, with a particular reference to the so-called threat to prosecute three former prime ministers for some sort of economic crime but also linked to the international outcry resulting from the recent introduction of the Media Law and a new constitution.