Dorota Dakowska - Poland, the tug of war - "Today's media framing is done by Belarus".
Broadcast Franceinfo/France 24 "Le monde dans tous ses Etats" on Friday 19 November 2021
"The state of emergency means that a 2km zone next to the border has been off-limits to journalists, humanitarian aid workers and NGOs since 2 September. This was at a time when Afghan refugees were already massing at the Belarusian border. Paradoxically, in terms of media coverage, it is Lukashenko who is benefiting, since he has invited journalists from CNN and the BBC, which means that the media coverage today is being provided by Belarus.