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Brian Reed

After 16 years in power, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán was recently voted out in a stunning landslide. Suddenly, democracy-loving Americans are looking to Hungary for inspiration, instead of as a cautionary tale. How did Hungarians do this?

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Brian Reed

Yes, there was the political strategy of the opposition candidate, Péter Magyar. Yes, there was the organization of various civil society groups. But again and again I've heard experts giving credit to journalists for this outcome.

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Brian Reed

And not in some high-mindedly vague journalism-is-essential-to-democracy-kind-of-way. There are two specific journalists, who uncovered a specific, juicy story about Orbán and his allies that people have been saying truly helped bring the prime minister down.

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Brian Reed

@andraspetho.bsky.social and Zsuzsanna Wirth work at @direkt36.bsky.social, one of a few tiny, independent outlets left operating in Hungary, after Orbán's deep capture of the media. In the weeks leading up to the election, they got a tip about a plot to try and sabotage the opposition campaign.

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Brian Reed

It involved a shadowy political operative, a young IT guy known as "Gundalf", a boat full of files floating in the Danube, and a secret camera hidden in the hole of a belt. A real hair-raiser!

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Brian Reed

@postbaron.bsky.social former executive editor of the Washington Post, noted that András and Zsuzsanna's reporting "played an essential role in the election and in safeguarding what was left of democracy." Péter Magyar, the new prime minister, called their story the Hungarian Watergate.

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Brian Reed

Since Viktor Orban’s defeat, I’ve wanted to know – what was this story that helped bring him down? What was it about exactly? And how did the journalists uncover it?

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Brian Reed

This week on Question Everything, @ittycity.bsky.social talks to András and Zsuzsanna and answers those questions. Turns out it's a real-life spy thriller. But also, there's something for Americans to learn here, for sure. Links to listen below 👇

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