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Poland pushes through new media law and angers the U.S.
14-08-2021, 07:29 PM
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/a...media-bill
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The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said the bill, widely seen as targeting Poland’s largest independent TV station, TVN, whose news channel TVN24 has often been critical of the populist government, “threatens media freedoms”.
Blinken said in a statement that a free and independent media was fundamental to the bilateral relationship between the two countries, warning that commercial investment could also be undermined by “Poland’s troubling legislation”.
Polish government’s media bill is latest move to silence its critics
The Polish prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, on Thursday denied the government was targeting a specific channel, telling a news conference the move was “just about tightening the regulations” on foreign media ownership.
The bill, if it becomes law, would prohibit non-EU companies from holding a controlling stake in Polish media and could force the US media group Discovery to sell its majority holding in TVN, whose licence expires at the end of next month.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/a...media-bill
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The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said the bill, widely seen as targeting Poland’s largest independent TV station, TVN, whose news channel TVN24 has often been critical of the populist government, “threatens media freedoms”.
Blinken said in a statement that a free and independent media was fundamental to the bilateral relationship between the two countries, warning that commercial investment could also be undermined by “Poland’s troubling legislation”.
Polish government’s media bill is latest move to silence its critics
The Polish prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, on Thursday denied the government was targeting a specific channel, telling a news conference the move was “just about tightening the regulations” on foreign media ownership.
The bill, if it becomes law, would prohibit non-EU companies from holding a controlling stake in Polish media and could force the US media group Discovery to sell its majority holding in TVN, whose licence expires at the end of next month.
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