Re:Poland's PM says authorities in the previous gov widely u...
by psacawa on Sunday February 18, 2024 @04:26PM
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> Major private media corporations in poland were already closely aligned with PiS [...]
This statement is an outright lie. For example, Gazeta Wyborcza, all of Agora Media, and TVN have always been anti-PiS.
>[...] and independent media was shut down.
Can you elaborate on this?
> As a result, for several years all media in poland was pro-government.
Completely untrue.
Re:Poland's PM says authorities in the previous gov widely u...
by throwawayqqq11 on Sunday February 18, 2024 @04:17PM
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> that's not something that happens in a working democracy.
PiS winning their second term would also be a product of a working democracy. Their certain continuation of their power grab would be a contradiction to your statement.
Re:Poland's PM says authorities in the previous gov widely u...
by mklkj on Sunday February 18, 2024 @03:34PM
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> Major private media corporations in poland were already closely aligned with PiS
Actually... it was quite the opposite. The vast majority of private media were not pro-PiS. The problem only concerned public media, financed from the state budget
To sum up the facts:
- PiS got into power several years ago
- PiS fired all the journalists of public broadcasters and replaced them with staff they selected. Major private media corporations in poland were already closely aligned with PiS, and independent media was shut down.
- As a result, for several years all media in poland was pro-government.
Regardless of your political ideals, that's not something that happens in a working democracy.
- In the most recent election, PiS lost.
- The new government fired the employees at public broadcasters that PiS had selected.
The actions of Donald Tusk's government lead to more opinions being represented in media. Which indicates that Tusk's government provides more freedom of the press than the previous one.