The Guardian changes its article on Orbán's allies meeting US officials regarding Ukraine aid

The content of The Guardian's news article has changed significantly since it reported on 10 December that the Hungarian prime minister's allies would meet privately with Republicans in Washington to demand an end to US military support for Ukraine.

Source: European Pravda

Details: The first edition of the article mentioned that the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, is hosting a two-day event in Washington that starts on 11 December.

It was scheduled to be attended by Attila Demko, a prominent scientist who supports Orbán, and Márton Ugrosdi, Deputy Secretary of State at Orbán's Political Office, along with representatives of the Hungarian Embassy in Washington. Kelly Curry, a former US ambassador during the tenure of then President Donald Trump, was also confirmed to be participating.

The first day was supposed to include panel speeches on the war in Ukraine and the transatlantic culture wars. And the next day, according to a Republican source, some participants, including Republican members of Congress, were invited to join the closed-door talks.

After a while, though, the publication deleted the sections that served as its foundation. Specifically, the section mentioning Ugrosdi and Demko's involvement vanished entirely from the text, and Curry's invitation to the event was acknowledged, but she declined to attend.

Demko, Hungarian expert and writer, reacted with indignation to the publication of The Guardian. He called it a fake.

"I don't stand for anything at all, I'm not a political figure, it's ridiculous to attribute such influence or role to me – The Guardian picked up on that and removed that part – but I think the rest is fake. Someone thoroughly misled the authors," he wrote on his Facebook page.

The Hungarian Institute of International Relations staff and the employees of the Hungarian Embassy in Washington are listed as the event's participants in the updated publication.

The Guardian did not provide an explanation for why the article’s content was altered.

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