The state television station TVP1 broadcast the first part of the German miniseries Generation War on Monday. Edward Kabiesz of the national-religious portal Gość Niedzielny finds that a good thing: "The decision to show the film on the station with the highest viewer ratings sparked a veritable storm of protest. For my part, however, I don't share the view that TVP is engaging in anti-Polish propaganda or supporting Nazism. Are Polish viewers really dumber than for example journalists who've already seen the film? Why shouldn't Polish audiences be able to make up their own minds about why this German mini-series has sparked such a controversy? It's good that the television is broadcasting the series. In any event, with today's technological possibilities everyone will be able to see this 'forbidden fruit' sooner or later. ... That way we can see for ourselves how the Germans depict the war." (18/06/2013)

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One day after the closure of the Greek state broadcaster ERT last Tuesday, the company's former employees occupied its headquarters and have been broadcasting over the Internet ever since. With this pirate initiative they have finally created a truly free broadcaster, the left-liberal online paper To Vima writes in delight: "The 'occupation' of ERT by the ruling parties is over. The self-administration of the employees is the present and the future. Never was ERT as lively and attractive as it is today. The closure has been a massive liberation. … Rather than stopping them, the departure of the managers foisted upon them has given the employees a huge boost. … Switching off the signal and cutting off the telephone connections has not intimidated the former employees, but rather made them more rebellious. … This unplanned programme they are now broadcasting is a thousand times better than the one that was bureaucratically planned. We are seeing the emergence of the ERT we all wanted, but never experienced." (17/06/2013)

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In the debate over solutions to the crisis, economic reporters should do a better job of putting the various positions into perspective, the left-liberal weekly paper De Groene Amsterdammer demands: "Journalists often portray the search for truth in economics as a debate. Economist A says this, but economist B doesn't agree. Such a discussion is for the most part not particularly instructive, however. For example, if a majority of astronomers unexpectedly converted to Ptolemaic astronomy, the real news wouldn't be 'opinions are divided', but 'astronomers suffer collective psychosis'. Objectivity is not the balanced portrayal of various positions, but a well-considered appraisal of facts and arguments. By putting all economic controversies into the same boat, the media take too restricted a view of their own job." (14/06/2013)

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Greek employees protested on Thursday against the government's closure of the public broadcaster ERT with a 24-hour strike and demonstrations. Instead of getting all hot under the collar, people should use the chance to agree on a new broadcasting policy, the conservative daily Kathimerini counsels: "ERT is part of our collective memory, a living archive that accompanies the history of our country. But the shock of the 'black screen' on Tuesday night failed to unite the people. Quite the contrary: it divided them, and sparked a small war on the Internet, among friends and even between young people. There were fierce disputes, envious discords, divisiveness and a lack of solidarity. All the old teething problems resurfaced. Too bad. The government's heavy-handed decision could be the springboard for a serious discussion about what kind of public broadcaster we want." (13/06/2013)

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Thousands of Greeks demonstrated on Thursday against the closure of the public broadcaster ERT, with widespread strikes and rallies. The liberal business paper Financial Times defends the move by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras: "Claims that Mr Samaras is clamping down on critical voices are off the mark. The decision was made on financial grounds. A new, slimmer broadcaster is expected to open at the end of the summer. ERT's inefficiency is a prime example of what has gone wrong with the public sector in Greece. Decades of politically driven appointments bloated the size of the broadcaster's payroll, doing nothing to improve the quality of its programmes. Workers were hard to fire because of excessive protection. ... Job cuts today are not only needed to help the government's finances. They are a precondition for the public sector to hire again tomorrow." (14/06/2013)

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In Turkey the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed a fine of 11,000 Turkish lira (around 4,500 euros) in total on four small TV stations (Halk, Cem, Ulusal, EM) on Wednesday. They were accused of reporting in a misleading way on the protests at Taksim Square and glorifying violence. The conservative daily Hürriyet criticises the punishment: "Among RTÜK's goals is the protection of the freedom of opinion and the news. The events [on Taksim Square] are news through and through. And now RTÜK is punishing the channels that adopt a fitting stance on the freedom of opinion and the public's right to news. As the world followed the events minute by minute, RTÜK would have done better to reprimand stations that didn't cover the protests right from the start, instead of punishing the only ones that reported on what was going on." (13/06/2013)

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The Greek government closed the public broadcaster ERT without warning on Tuesday night. The decision was announced on Tuesday afternoon despite disagreement within the coalition, and the lights were switched off just after 11 p.m. The web portal Protagon fears this step will lead to further destabilisation: "It's difficult to assess where this decision will lead politically. Certainly it will have repercussions. There will probably be new elections. It's hard to believe that the coalition partners Pasok and Dimar [which had spoken out against the closure] will continue to support the government. Apparently Samaras believes he'll be able to maintain his hegemony within the government through polarisation and extreme measures. In the case of ERT he's been very harsh indeed. If the government can close ERT with a legislative act within just a few hours, what will come next?" (12/06/2013)

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Spain's government should consider taking a similar measure, the conservative daily El Mundo writes commenting on the closure of the public broadcaster in Greece: "The reasons given by the government for its decision tally exactly with the state of affairs with the public television broadcaster in Spain: overstaffed, not enough viewers, expensive productions and wasting money. The Greek broadcasters cost three times as much as the commercial broadcasters. 'The Greek people can't shoulder any more burdens; there's no time for indecision,' a government spokesperson said yesterday. Conservative Prime Minister Samaras' idea is to found a new, more modest broadcaster and avoid the mistakes that made the public institution prohibitively expensive. The opposition will bring legal action against the decision. But a first step, and a bold one, has been made." (12/06/2013)

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The Danish parliament passed a new law on Tuesday on access to government records and files. It allows the public more extensive access in various areas of administration, but limits access for documents that serve ministerial decision-making. The left-liberal daily Politiken is worried: "It's part of the basic concept of democracy that people can see how decisions are arrived at. ... The press is now warning that the limitations curtail our possibilities of viewing relevant dossiers. The politicians, by contrast, say that the point isn't to worsen the working conditions of the press, but to improve those of the administration. ... They have promised that the law will not facilitate the abuse of power. We will take them at their word." (05/06/2013)

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The court-martial of Private First Class Bradley Manning began in the US on Monday. Manning faces charges of having supplied the Internet platform Wikileaks with confidential material on the Iraq war. The reignited row over press freedom could help the defendant, the liberal-conservative daily Corriere della Sera notes: "The prosecutors see the publishing of confidential information on the Internet as helping the enemy. But for the press, this topic has taken on a new and alarming dimension since details of the bugging operations against major US press organisations came to light. … The press accuses Obama's government of being too stringent and impinging on the freedom of the media, which in the long term could limit press freedom. In this way the Manning trial has unexpectedly turned into the scene of a new and surprising campaign for freedom of the press." (04/06/2013)

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