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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Shaun Walker in Warsaw

Poland’s TV’s ‘propaganda’ under scrutiny as bitterly polarised election looms

Polish public broadcaster TVP’s evening news. It has shown the ruling Law and Justice party’s campaign ads 179 times.
Polish public broadcaster TVP’s evening news. It has shown the ruling Law and Justice party’s campaign ads 179 times. Photograph: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Poland is under attack from both east and west. Foes in Berlin and Moscow, using their proxy Donald Tusk, plan to destabilise the country, overrun it with uncontrolled migration and subjugate Polish politics to external influence.

That, at least, would be the view of someone who received all their news from Poland’s public television channel, TVP, where correspondents and anchors on the nightly news programme parrot government talking points and warn of the dangerous goals of the political opposition.

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