Poland is destroying the freedom of the press: ‘Soon only state media will be left’ | Abroad

And again the Poles, gradually exhausted, took to the streets. This protester is holding up a sign with ‘TVP lies’.

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WARSAW – Independent Polish media fear their survival not only because of corona. The nationalist government of ruler Kaczynski has come up with a new bill to thwart TV channels, radio stations and newspapers with an additional tax on advertising. “We are heading for a situation such as during the communist dictatorship under General Jaruzelski, when the media did not have free choices,” said editor-in-chief Jaroslav Kurski.

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