PRAGUE (AP) — Journalists and other state media employees dressed in black and formed a human chain around Czech public radio headquarters in Prague on Monday, part of a larger protest against a government plan to overhaul the way the country’s public broadcasters are funded.
Critics fear that media independence is being threatened by the plan by populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and his government to change the funding of the state broadcasters, Czech Television and Czech Radio.
According to the plan, which was approved by the government last week, public radio and television would be financed from the state budget starting next year, instead of from fees paid by individuals, households and businesses.
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