Digesting CPAC Hungary
The influential group of American conservatives has wrapped up its first conference in Europe. Keynote speaker Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister, told attendees that programs like Tucker Carlson's "should run day and night," 24/7, because having "your own media" is crucial. Some American media outlets were denied access to the conference, but others like Adam Yamaguchi of CBS were able to get in.
On CNN Saturday afternoon, Jim Acosta called it a "dictator-palooza over in Hungary." On Sunday's "Fareed Zakaria GPS," Ishaan Tharoor described how Orban has been "re-creating a media ecosystem that is very pro government and very nationalist." On "Reliable," Philip Bump shared some simple advice: "If an autocrat is telling you what your media should look like, that's not what you do..."
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