Imbalance in air time between government and opposition has grown worse

In an official statement, the National Radio and Television Council (KRRiTV) has expressed its concern with a report prepared by public television on the imbalance in presenting information about the ruling coalition and the opposition on public radio and television programs. According to the KRRiTV, this tendency has strengthend since the parliamentary elections in 2001. The report revealed that Jerzy Buzek's government typically had 264 minutes of air time per month, while Leszek Miller's government has had 509 minutes per month. Members of the Council have called on the public media to "undertake steps to eliminate this disproportion". Five out of the nine members of the Council backed the statement. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 8; Zycie pp. 1, 5) M.M.