to target one channel in particular. you can see here the u.s. secretary of state saying the u.s. is deeply troubled by the potential law. so here's what's going on here. one of the few remaining independent tv channels in poland is called tvn 24. it's a news network doing pioneering journalism. it's owned by the u.s. company discovery, which now plans to take legal action trying to protect its channel because it says this proposed law would violate international treaty. the polish government's yet to respond to the company's pending legal action. but here's the context for what's going on. discovery is one of the biggest media companies in the u.s. and in the world. it is currently seeking to merge with cnn's parent company warnermedia. so this time next year discovery and warnermedia likely to be together. but to the point in poland, there is a clear effort on the part of the right-wing government in poland to clamp down on the media and to cast out foreigners or outsiders or anybody who has a different opinion from the government that happens to be in charge right now. it's a trend we're seeing in