Message from @mattforney
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even the nationalist/right-wing Hungarian sources really aren't that good
I love Mariann Ory but Magyar Hirlap's English-language coverage is terrible
I know quite a bit because the guy in 3rd place is actually a friend of mine
and my Hungarian is regressing fast
really?
interesting
Yes, I know Puzser Robert in person
yep just checked, Magyar Hirlap purged their entire English-language section
funny, an investor approached me over a year ago about launching an English-language portal for V4 news
I turned him down because it would just be a money sink
There is no money. I don't read them because they are all fed with propaganda money from either side
You get all water and no meat on that soup
yeah that's what I told the investor
Visegrad Post ran out of money in 2017 and had to fire everyone
now they just run badly-translated opinion pieces
People don't read them to get informed, they read it to assure they are right, and that market is full on both sides
I tell people the same thing when they ask me if I'm going to report on the 2020 presidential election
there's no way for me to do it without a big paycheck and no one's going to give that to me
unless I sing their tune
I like Mariann, she's a friend of mine, but Magyar Hirlap is incompetent
Yeah, that's right. And 888 is intentionally insane
Good right wing or even unbiased journalists are hard to find
moreover any attempt at honest reporting, if it gets traction, will just make me a target
for example I'm not going to Poland this year for the independence celebrations
not after Jared Taylor was banned and the government is probably on high alert for foreign "extremists"
it's high-risk, zero-reward
I would rather sell weird novels about sex addiction
Yes, that is how it is, unfortunately
there's more money in running a book and merch publisher
I am prob going back to Budapest soon once the merch store is online to get some models for a store shoot
Melissa used to do that for a living, I'll ask her if she can hook me up with some photographers etc.
I do photography, but unfortunately not portraits or modeling
ah cool
this project's not coming to fruition for a few months
the first book hits the production line, then I talk to my friend at the merch store and he gets the shirts etc. up
he uses generic models but I want to go the extra mile because I have the money
Isn't it feasible to run it from there? Lack of models?
I looked into it, the scene in Georgia is a joke
everyone with a clue has moved to Russia or Europe
the economy here is in freefall after Putin's flight ban