Monday, January 4, 2021

Poland's Government Tightens Its Control Over Media

Front pages of main polish newspapers are pictured one day after the first round of the presidential election in Poland on June 29, 2020. European poll observers say "media bias" influenced recent Polish elections.

Critics say the ruling party overhauled public media to serve as a mouthpiece and a state-backed oil refiner's purchase of a newspaper chain brings more outlets under party loyalist control.

(Image credit: Janek Skarzynski/AFP via Getty Images)

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