nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230525-231150-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230525s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230525-231150-0 doi eng 342 23 Bychawska-Siniarska, Dominika Author aut Media Pluralism in KRRiT-ical Condition - How the Polish media watchdog uses the law to suppress liberal media Bychawska-Siniarska, Dominika Verfassungsblog 2023-05-25 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In April 2023, the Polish National Broadcasting Council, the so-called KRRiT, imposed a high fine on an indipendent media outlet. It was not the first fine of this kind to independent media organisations. The growing number of KRRiT decisions targeting independent media in Poland is the result of the political nature of the procedure for appointing members of the KRRiT and the broad, unclear legal basis for imposing fines. Since 2005, the decisive voice in the composition of the KRRiT was that of the ruling political majority. This blogpost analyzes and criticizes the vague legal framework for KRRiT and the institution's apparent political capture in recent years. CC BY-SA 4.0 Democratic Backsliding Free Media media law PiS public broadcaster rule of law backsliding Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/media-pluralism-in-krrit-ical-condition/ raw object