Poland's State TV Goes Dark as Former Officials Protest Loss of Control
• Poland's main state TV channel, TVP Info, went off air as former government officials staged a sit-in to prevent new management from taking over • The protesters were led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, former chairman of the right-wing Law and Justice Party that lost power in October • They accused the new centrist administration under PM Donald Tusk of staging a "coup d'état" by firing Law and Justice loyalists • Technicians supporting Tusk's government cut transmission of TVP Info and disabled its website • The channel had served as a "propaganda bullhorn" for Law and Justice during its 8 years in power