Polish parliament passes media reform bill despite U.S. opposition

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Polish parliament passes media reform bill despite U.S. opposition

WARSAW, Aug 11 - Polish lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favour of a bill that the opposition says aims to silence a U.S.-owned news channel critical of the government, setting up a clash with one of Warsaw's most important allies.

Washington has warned that a failure to renew the licence of Discovery-owned news channel TVN24 could jeopardise future investments in Poland, while opposition politicians have condemned the bill as an attack on media freedoms.

"Today's vote... is an attack on freedom, an attack on media that is independent from the government," Grzegorz Schetyna, a lawmaker from the largest opposition party Civic Platform, wrote on Twitter.

The bill, which would strengthen a ban on firms from outside the European Economic Area controlling Polish broadcasters, passed with 228 votes in favour, 216 against and 10 abstentions.

https://news.trust.org/item/20210811204517-vggis

[DarkSecret]

We also have Turkish Fox News Channel in Turkey who is always bashing the government. Good for the Polish. Get rid of this American propaganda.