Claim 288

A former colleague said news and current-affairs staff were the first dismissed in the reorganization.

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

Statement: A former colleague said news and current-affairs staff were the first dismissed in the reorganization.
Field: action
Value: News staff targeted first
About: incident 2015-poland-public-media-law-firings
Source: Poland's political cleansing of journalists
Publisher: Index on Censorship
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2016-05-01

Quotation from the source

The ones to bite the bullet first were journalists and editors of news and current affairs programmes