nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/4c8dcb50cfb3bfe2 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 231020s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/4c8dcb50cfb3bfe2 doi eng 342 23 Wójcik, Anna Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-4439-143X Restoring Poland’s Media Freedom Wójcik, Anna Verfassungsblog 2023-10-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Over the last ten years, PiS has not only systematically dismantled Poland’s rule of law, but also strategically corroded the country’s media freedom. It has successfully politicized Poland’s media regulators, abused public service media for propaganda purposes, captured private media outlets and supported friendly private media, and created regulatory, legal and political obstacles for private media which criticized it. In this blogpost, I will detail three core steps that must be taken to restore media freedom in Poland in conformity with European standards. In particular, I argue for the restoration of the National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT), the constitutional media regulator, as an independent body; the dissolution of the „bonus” media regulator introduced by PiS, the National Media Council; and for reforming the status of Poland’s private media and the government’s approach to the media in general. CC BY-SA 4.0 Backsliding media freedom Media Regulation Poland Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/restoring-polands-media-freedom/ raw object