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Polish lawmakers pass bill seen as limiting media freedom

by Vanessa Gera
| August 14, 2021 12:03 AM

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament voted Wednesday in favor of a bill that would force Discovery Inc., the U.S. owner of Poland’s largest private television network, to sell its Polish holdings and is widely viewed as an attack on media independence in Poland.

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