Warsaw, Aug 11 (AP) Poland's parliament has voted in favour of a bill that would force Discovery Inc., the US owner of Poland's largest private television network, to sell its Polish holdings.

The bill, if it gets the Polish president's approval, is widely viewed as a blow to media independence in Poland.

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The draft legislation would prevent non-European owners from having controlling stakes in Polish media companies.

In practice it only affects TVN, which includes TVN24, an all-news station that is critical of the nationalist right-wing government and has exposed wrongdoing by Polish authorities. (AP)

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