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Jan 4, 2022Liked by James J. Heaney

I'm still confused... why? Why would the US Media hold up someone who is not conservative leaning as the opposition to a conservative leader they don't like instead of claiming them for their own?

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Jan 5, 2022·edited Jan 5, 2022Author

My first instinct is that they do it for the same reason they called Merrick Garland a moderate: to neutralize opposition.

I'm not really sure what benefit that would have here, though, since no U.S. news consumer is voting in the Hungarian presidential election.

...which suggests a simple case for Hanlon's Razor: never attribute to malice that which can adequately explained by stupidity. There may very well be no conspiracy here, just terrible journalism.

EDIT: Well, no, really, that's too kind. They clearly _do_ know that Marki-Zay is pro-choice and opposed to the LGBT law, so this isn't a case of simple stupidity.

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