FT criticizes Poland's MPs vote to tighten media ownership laws

The Polish parliament unexpectedly passed a controversial law on media ownership, which may force the American media company Discovery to sell a majority stake in the main independent broadcaster in Poland, TVN, writes the Financial Times (other global media also cover the matter extensively and protests). The newspaper reminds us that TVN is the largest single American investment in Poland.

"The resumption of work on the media ownership law takes place in the context of wider government pressure on independent media. This pressure has led Poland to drop from 18th to 64th place in the World Press Freedom Index – behind countries such as Malawi and Armenia – since the assumption of power by PiS in 2015, writes one of the most important financial newspapers in the world about our country.

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