Petras Gražulis· ESN

Overestimated

When Tusk came to power in Poland, half of the public broadcaster's journalists were fired overnight.

Omissions

• The claim lacks specific data on total TVP employee numbers at the time
• The exact number/proportion of journalists dismissed is not confirmed in available sources
• Management dismissals and channel closures were conflated with journalist firings
• Sources published after the session date were used; however, they describe events from December 2023 which the MEP could have known about

Sources

• SecondaryLe Monde - Tusk's government sacks Polish state media bossesThe new government fired all the heads of state media, who were firmly under the influence of the former power, the national conservative Law and Justice (PiS)
• SecondaryReuters - Polish public media chiefs dismissedPoland's new government took a public news channel off air on Wednesday and dismissed executives from state media to restore impartiality
• SecondaryBBC - Polish news anchor pulled off air as Tusk reforms take effectPolish state TV channel TVP Info was taken off air, as Prime Minister Donald Tusk's new government takes aim at what it calls politicised media outlets
• SecondaryNotes from Poland - TVP World suspended and director firedOperations at TVP World, the English-language news channel run by Poland's state broadcaster, have been suspended and its director dismissed