Jarosław Kaczyński attacks the Gazeta Wyborcza

In an interview published by conservative Polish daily Rzeczpospolita, Poland's Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński accused the Polish media of conducting smear campaigns against him. He specifically targeted the left-wing liberal daily Gazeta Wyborcza. Jarosław Kurski counters fiercely: "Jarosław Kaczyński is portraying himself as a victim of the media. Nothing could be further from the truth... The prime minister is slandering and insulting us. This is the behaviour of someone who is afraid. For as long as the Gazeta and other free media continue to exist, the PiS will not control the minds of the Poles. The PiS can control the foreign ministry, the secret services, the state prosecution and the public media, but it can't control the Gazeta Wyborcza, a mouthpiece for independent public opinion and guardian of democratic values... The prime minister's attack against the Gazeta Wyborcza calls to mind Putin's Russia, where the free media is being gagged. We won't let this happen to us."

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