The threat to freedom of information in Poland, with attempts to limit the broadcasts of the country’s only Catholic television station, is a little known issue in the rest of the world.
On Dec. 19, 2011, the National Council of Polish Radio and Television (KRRiT in Polish) did not grant the country’s only Catholic television station space on the new digital platform, which from 2013 will ensure Poles free access to a series of TV broadcasts.
Is there an elephant in the room here? I am not well acquainted at all with Polish affairs, but I do remember that Radio Maria (mentioned here as the adjunct to the TV service) has been accused several times of broadcasting antisemitic statements, and that this has caused a lot of concern.