On Wednesday many private polish media suspended news coverage in protest against a proposed media advertising tax which is a threat to media independence. Instead of articles we can see black front page with consistent message.
The protest is against a planned new advertising tax which is called by independence media a “systemic revenge”. They have no doubt that polish government wants to increase state control and is against journalistic values like freedom of speech.
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“We strongly oppose the use of the epidemic as an excuse to introduce another new, exceptionally heavy burden on the media”- we can read in a letter signed by 45 media companies.
