State media in
#Poland
has always been biased towards the incumbent, but never on this scale, says
@Cambridge_Uni
's
@StanleySBill
. He points to campaign coverage that even included dog whistle anti-semitism...
#F24Debate
At one point during the campaign, candidate Duda branded gay rights an ideology "more destructive" than communism. In
#F24Debate
,
@tvp_info
's
@dominikacosic
argues that Poland's presidential election was neither won nor lost on issues of identity politics...
@FrancoisF24
@Cambridge_Uni
I went on to say that the disadvantage to the opposition candidate was somewhat mitigated by broader pluralism of Poland's media market and the anti-PiS bias of some private media. See the whole debate on
@France24_en
(it should be up later this evening):
@FrancoisF24
@StanleySBill
@Cambridge_Uni
They fooled a nation that could easily be bribed... Im so sorry that it was impossible to stop this madness, I am afraid to think what Poland will look like after the next years with with this angry,evil little man controlling everything.
@FrancoisF24
@StanleySBill
@Cambridge_Uni
Spot on,
@StanleySBill
. Sadly, in many critical areas Poland is no longer a democracy. I may have been unimpressed by Duda’s contender(‘s campaign) but the role of the party/state media is unimaginable & should have been criminalized long ago. Effects? Not 2% extra but 10+%.