Editing Mass media in Poland (section)

==Media polarisation==
[[File:TVN24 van satellite Mercedes.jpg|thumb|[[TVN24]] broadcasting van]]
The Polish media environment is highly polarized. Since 2015 elections, this polarization has become ever stronger. The cleavage concerns both PiS's controversial decisions and policies and diverging attitudes towards issues such as equal rights for [[LGBT]] people, refugees, the EU.<ref name=":5" />

Poland lacks the tradition of an editorially independent public service media: public and radio television broadcasters tend to favor those in power.<ref name=":5" />

Partisanship in the Polish media system goes hand in hand with bias among the journalists themselves. This bias is mirrored in the two major journalists's organizations that have different orientations: the [[Association of Polish Journalists]] (SDP), sympathetic toward the PiS government, and the [[Association of Journalists]] (TD), which is against the PiS's government.<ref name=":5" />
On 7 December 2020 state-owned petroleum refinery and distributor [[PKN Orlen]] acquired media and press company "Polska Press" controlling large number of regional media portals and several regional newspapers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlen.pl/PL/BiuroPrasowe/Strony/PKN-ORLEN-przejmuje-Polska-Press-.aspx|title=PKN Orlen przejmuje Polska Press |access-date=2021-01-06|archive-date=2021-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110141304/https://www.orlen.pl/PL/BiuroPrasowe/Strony/PKN-ORLEN-przejmuje-Polska-Press-.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/polskapress-m-a-pknorlen/poland-uses-state-owned-refiner-to-buy-regional-media-firm-idUKKBN28H277|title=Poland uses state-owned refiner to buy regional media firm|newspaper=Reuters|date=7 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/poland-state-run-oil-company-buys-leading-media-group/a-55859592|title = Poland: State-run oil company buys leading media group |date=2020-12-08 | website=[[Deutsche Welle]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlen.pl/EN/PressOffice/Pages/PKN-ORLEN-to-take-over-Polska-Press.aspx|title=PKN Orlen to take over Polska Press |access-date=2021-01-18|archive-date=2021-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118052407/https://www.orlen.pl/EN/PressOffice/Pages/PKN-ORLEN-to-take-over-Polska-Press.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> Together with previous acquisition of Polish newspaper distributor RUCH it creates a situation where regional media are owned and distributed by state-owned company raising concerns of media neutrality in Poland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/rpo-o-zagrozeniach-wolnosci-prasy-po-kupnie-polska-press|title=Zakup Polska Press przez PKN Orlen. Rzecznik o zagrożeniach dla wolności słowa |website=Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich|date=17 December 2020 }}</ref> On April 8, 2021, a Polish court has suspended the purchase of Polska Press by PKN Orlen.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tilles|first=Daniel|date=2021-04-12|title=Court suspends Polish state oil giant's media takeover|url=https://notesfrompoland.com/2021/04/12/court-suspends-polish-state-oil-giants-media-takeover/|access-date=2021-04-13|website=Notes From Poland|language=en-US}}</ref>