So, I thought you should know about it because this is potentially the best place to refute lies and propaganda.
RT just published an article based on a local interview of a Hungarian mayor. Now, in the European Union, periodically, a "Capital of Culture" is chosen to represent European culture, etc. - in 2010, Pécs in Hungary was chosen for example.
András Cser-Palkovics, the mayor of Székesfehérvár, a Hungarian candidate for 2023 told in an interview, that after an introduction video, the judges refused their nomination, with reasons, well...you may have guessed from the links.
The mayor claimed, allegedly the problems were that there are "too many happy white Christians" depicted in the video, further explaining that "there are too many churches and crosses, and that's problematic", as well as the "lack of migrants shown".
Needless to say, these claims are absurd so I followed the original Hungarian source linked by RT, where it was further explained that the process of the competition are not known to the public, meaning currently there's no way to prove if the mayor was not lying.
In other words, a particularly popular online (=worldwide available and consumed) media outlet has produces an emotionally shocking article based on the claims of a single, unprovable source.
And how much you can trust in the words of Cser-Palkovics?
Well, it should be noted that he's a politician of the FIDESZ, the current governing party of Hungary, which has already proven to be dishonest and provoking during the last years, with their anti-EU agenda (while of course still accepting their money), most notably with their "Stop Brussels" campaingn, with another, quite ridiculous "Stop the Soros plan" campaign.
Of course, belonging to a party doesn't mean anything about a mayor, in itself, but it should be seen that it's in his well understood interest to follow the agenda. Especially with the parliamentary elections coming in April.
So I want all of you to be very careful about what you hear in the media.
Thanks for reading!
Source: the writer of this post is a Hungarian citizen since born.