Poland's new pro-EU government, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, has initiated a significant overhaul of state media, resulting in the dismissal of the leadership at public broadcasters and the shutdown of TVP World, a channel founded in 1952 known for its independent and pro-Ukraine stance. The government's actions have led to the interruption of the public television signal, an event not seen since the communist martial law era of 1981. The Minister of Culture, Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz, has dismissed the heads of Polish Television (TVP), Polish Radio, and the Polish Press Agency (PAP), and new management has been appointed. These moves have sparked protests, including a sit-in by right-wing lawmakers from the conservative Law and Justice party, and police have been sent into the TVP studio and occupied the building. The government faces a constitutional hurdle, as it cannot proceed with actions aimed at liquidating public radio and television companies until a court rules on the constitutionality of such measures. Meanwhile, the dismissed media chiefs and opposition party MPs have occupied the headquarters of Warsaw’s public TV station, protesting the sweeping media reforms.
Poland's new PM, ex-EU Commissar @donaldtusk has sent in the police to shut down @tvp_info TV. It's accused of being biased in favour of the Law & Justice Party. President @AndrzejDuda might veto the bill as he's Law & Justice Party leaning. The end of democracy in the EU. https://t.co/zlgwVyLzkD
New Polish government fires state media bosses Opposition party MPs have occupied the headquarters of Warsaw’s public TV station in protest of sweeping media reforms https://t.co/FaFuIdJBGb https://t.co/B6w1nTpuos
Tusk takes Polish state TV news channel off air https://t.co/SaLqR4hRkU via @ft
Refusing to accept loss of power, Polish right occupies state TV https://t.co/MTxfDoJCEB
"Refusing to Accept Loss of Power, Polish Right Occupies State TV" Another accurate account. Amusingly, ex-ruling party is shouting "democracy." They didn't use that language when they illegally took over state TV or tried to shut down independent TV https://t.co/4rMnkCxq4q
Not in #Poland anymore.... Right @donaldtusk???? #tvp https://t.co/iVluJuQAcd
Poland’s new government sacks state TV, radio and news bosses https://t.co/zKnzDupylx
🇵🇱 Poland’s state television news channel stopped broadcasting on Wednesday after the country’s new pro-EU prime minister Donald Tusk sacked “biased” media chiefs https://t.co/AnIaIbZuzh
Good morning, Asia. While you were sleeping, our most-read story was about Poland's incoming government taking the country's state news channel off air, saying TVP Info had become a mouthpiece of the rightwing former government https://t.co/5Xn4TZANkj
Polish PM Donald Tusk Ushers in EU Globalist Policies, Appoints LGBT Activist as ‘Minister of Family’, Shuts Down Opposition TV Channels via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/4n5XtWvcr6
Polish state media bosses sacked, populists occupy TV buildings https://t.co/8zDRgNUEth
Polish state media bosses sacked, populists occupy TV buildings — #Poland #DonaldTusk https://t.co/5MenxlL9FM
Poland’s new pro-EU government dismisses state media chiefs https://t.co/rMJG4CZtQV
Outrage as New Polish Globalist Govt Shuts Down TV Channel, Sacks Media Companies Bosses https://t.co/tGCENjpOza
A state-run Polish news channel has been pulled off air amid criticism that it had become too politicised. Read more ⬇ https://t.co/3H8sQsHkVQ
The statement read out this evening by the newly-appointed news anchor Marek Czyż at TVP after Donald Tusk's pro-EU government took the public broadcaster off-air on Wednesday and fired its entire management board. ⬇️ https://t.co/8eSnJJsnBs
Polish government takes public TV news channel off air amid reform drive https://t.co/V9VHhuP8kM https://t.co/TqylOHrsin
Polish Leader Donald Tusk Shuts State-Run News Channel TVP Info -- Reports https://t.co/fLXsuSxT2D
BBC News: Polish state TV channel off air as Tusk reforms kick in This is a balanced account, though it doesn't illustrate how vicious state TV became... https://t.co/7hPnrngvFr
Anger as Polish news channel TVP Info taken off air amid propaganda claims Read more ⬇ https://t.co/lsIMhVq1fd
Poland: Tusk’s new government fires conservative leadership at state broadcaster https://t.co/C7EtTlismI https://t.co/B63zdtq763
The new Polish government has dismissed the heads of state media outlets The new government of Donald Tusk has dismissed the leadership of state media, accusing them of propaganda for the "Law and Justice" party, which lost power in the last parliamentary elections. The leaders… https://t.co/debisbQ4ri
Polish Leader Donald Tusk Shuts State TV Network TVP -- Report https://t.co/fLXsuSxT2D
Poland: - Sejm passes a non-legislative motion on governance, impartiality breaches of state media under PiS - PiS MPs organise an overnight sit-in at the broadcaster’s HQ - new govt seizes control of the media - TV channels go off air & try rogue broadcasting online 🤯 https://t.co/vGoEljGf98
First thoughts on the new Polish government's changes to public media [THREAD]: A sensational day as media boards replaced by ministerial decision and public news TV taken off air. After turning these media into its own propaganda tubes, PiS now warns of an unfolding "coup". 1/
Bosses At Poland's Oldest State Broadcaster Fired & News Channel Shuttered By New Government Amidst Propaganda Concerns https://t.co/njqWunS9t4
BIG. Poland's new Minister of Culture, Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz, has dismissed the leadership of Polish Television, Polish Radio, and the Polish Press Agency: the new Polish government claims that state media became too politicized during the previous administration.
Ex-EU Commissar @donaldtusk is Poland's 🇵🇱 PM. One of his first acts is to shut down @tvp_info an TV 📺 station. It's seen a mouthpiece of the deposed right-wing Law & Justice Party & Tusk wants more state owned "objectivity". I see a slippery slope. https://t.co/RxnLOSJmbw
NEW 🚨 Polish state media bosses sacked as populists occupy TV buildings https://t.co/ibTGBfri3K
Polish state TV channel halts broadcasting in standoff with Tusk https://t.co/Ry2YkmjUu9
New Left Wing government in Poland shuts down Conservative TV company. Don’t be mistaken, this is what they will do here if we don’t win. https://t.co/98nukxF8gp
🇵🇱 Poland's pro-EU government on Wednesday launched a reform of state media and sacked their management, with public broadcasts interrupted and right-wing lawmakers staging a sit-in to protest the changes ➡️ https://t.co/HOvWTUlYyh https://t.co/Rbr5LPotTm
New leftwing government in Poland, celebrated by New York Times, shutdown a major broadcast company. https://t.co/GhU9cbJdeZ
THE MEANS IS THE MESSAGE: The new Polish government not only shut down @TVPWorld_com, but sent POLICE into the studio. https://t.co/hDidBFY1ez https://t.co/sUag09hhbz
FREEDOM OF SPEECH? Jason Jay Smart @officejjsmart reports that the Polish government has abruptly shut-down the television network TVP World. Founded in 1952 as a public service broadcaster, TVP was an independent and solidly pro-Ukraine voice. https://t.co/xUbsRpovqk https://t.co/rGaQxLOPiE
New Polish government faces resistance from nationalists over media overhaul https://t.co/WmpBlx69h4 https://t.co/EbNgpfVOmv
WATCH: Poland's new pro-EU government under Donald Tusk has seized control of public broadcasters in the country, firing the management boards of TVP and Polskie Radio, and taking the channels off-air. The move sparked a sit-in protest by the conservative Law and Justice party… https://t.co/dCnywLTxLx
🇵🇱 OFF WITH THEIR HEADS: POLAND PM FIRES STATE MEDIA LEADERSHIP Poland's new pro-EU government, led by PM Donald Tusk, implements major state media reforms to counter the previous administration's politicization. Police occupy the TVP building as Tusk's team dismisses the heads… https://t.co/ZgUaM4nruH
Polish public media chiefs dismissed, news channel stops broadcasting https://t.co/kcdmNb1UtJ https://t.co/fz8S33l5MV
BREAKING: The new pro-EU Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has shut down TVP broadcasting in Poland The new Polish Minister Of Culture has fired the heads of TVP, Polish Radio, and PAP. New management has been appointed. Police are occupying the TVP building.
The signal of Poland's public television has been interrupted for the first time since the communist martial law (1981), thanks to the new "pro-democracy" government and Donald Tusk who are now attacking free media. I think the communist general Wojciech Jaruzelski, who… https://t.co/DzdLNbqPfw
Globalist Tusk just announced he is shutting down the main opposition media outlet in Poland But he was Merkel’s deputy, so the EU will cheer His goal is flooding Poland with 3rd-world migrants to destroy one of the last bastions of Western culture in Europe
Globalist Tusk just announced he is shutting down the main opposition media outlet in Poland But he was Merkel’s deputy, so the EU will cheer
JUST IN - Polish public media chiefs dismissed, news channel stops broadcasting as the new pro-European government takes control. https://t.co/ZCRumqWYYR
🇵🇱 TVP building occupied by police, the administration fired, all transmissions and broadcastings cut by brute force. This is how media plurality and the reign of law look like under the new government. Poland is indeed back in EU-rope. https://t.co/AwggrajkmQ
DEMOCRACY DYING IN POLAND ⚡️⚡️⚡️The new Polish government has abruptly shut-down TVP World. PM Tusk has wasted no time in destroying an independent, solidly pro-Ukraine voice. Can you imagine if the British PM showed-up & closed-down BBC?? Dark times ahead in Poland. https://t.co/rOBF6qQJad
BREAKING - Polish pro-EU govt sacks controversial state media authorities: ministry READ: https://t.co/ibTGBfrPTi https://t.co/kARCAPLa0T
Donald Tusk must undo years of populist subversion in Poland. The prime minister has a tough job restoring democracy and judicial independence https://t.co/SxzuWISUrK 👇
⚠️ NEW POLISH GOVERNMENT FACES CONSTITUTIONAL HURDLE IN MEDIA REFORMS Poland's new government will not be able to take action aimed at liquidating public radio and television companies until a court has ruled on whether such measures break the constitution, state-run news…