Wojciech Maziarski on party influence on state media

The attempts of Polish parties to influence state media prompt Wojciech Maziarski to reflect in the online edition of Polish news magazine Newsweek Polska on ways to prevent this: "Perhaps by advertising for candidates to fill the top positions? Ok, but how can we ensure that it's not those who have the support of the political parties who win the job? Perhaps ... by putting the fate of the media in the hands of institution milieus that are theoretically unpolitical: like artists' associations or university managements. ... By all means we could give this a go, but I'm convinced that it won't lead to the media becoming depoliticised but rather to these associations and universities becoming politicised. I can already see the headlines in the newspapers. ... This way the plague of total politicisation would spread even further."

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