Anne ApplebaumDec 30, 2022

Polish state TV, controlled by the ruling party, repeatedly shows opposition leader Donald Tusk with a gun target on his chest, body outlined in red, under negative slogans - as if they want someone to kill him. He is suing.

https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,29308665,donald-tusk-vs-tvp.html#S.TD-K.C-B.2-L.1.duzy

Show threadAnne ApplebaumDec 30, 2022
A recently released convict did actually murder the Mayor of Gdansk in 2019, after watching similarly hateful propaganda on state television while in prison. So this is more than just a theoretical possibility.
AlpineStefDec 30, 2022
Show threadAnne Applebaum
State television, to repeat, is controlled directly by the ruling party and funded through the tax system. It's as if the BBC were showing pictures of the Labour party leader with a bullseye on his chest.
Donald Tusk has now asked for police protection after repeatedly receiving death threats to himself and his family
Dec 30, 2022 at 2:29amWeb
Show threadzakzakDec 30, 2022
@anneapplebaum If only that one issue were just the one isolated case. There hasn’t been an edition of TVP nightly news over the past 8 years that did not contain politically motivated news pieces. From the moment they won, they turned the 2 billion PLN annual TVP budget into a political campaign which doesn’t ever really stop. How would one even start solving this problem?