# Claim 287

RSF said the dismissals hurt public radio's quality and contributed to Poland's fall in its press-freedom index.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: RSF said the dismissals hurt public radio's quality and contributed to Poland's fall in its press-freedom index.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: RSF links firings to press-freedom ranking fall
- About: [incident 2015-poland-public-media-law-firings](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2015-poland-public-media-law-firings)
- Source: Unjustified firing of journalists from Poland's state broadcaster. https://rsf.org/en/unjustified-firing-journalists-poland-s-state-broadcaster
- Publisher: Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2020-02-01

## Quotation from the source

> These policies have badly hurt the quality of public radio programmes and have helped precipitate Poland's rapid fall in RSF's World Press Freedom Index

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/287. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.