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Poland Seizes Control of Public Media

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Will now have hiring and firing powers.

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Polish President Andrzej Duda signed into law a bill handing his conservative government total control of public media. Under the new law, the government will have power to hire and fire senior public radio and television officials, taking such abilities away from the independent National Broadcasting Council.

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