
M. Jurkynas
M. Jurkynas is a prominent Lithuanian political scientist and the chair of the Lithuanian National Radio and Television Council (LRT), appointed by President Gitanas Nausėda in 2021. He was recently in the news for discussing the promise of maintaining political neutrality during an upcoming audit of LRT journalism, assuring that journalists' tone of voice would not be evaluated amidst this scrutiny. Jurkynas emphasized his commitment to increasing transparency in the governance of LRT while addressing competition with other media outlets and the growing budget of the national broadcaster.
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M. Jurkynas is the chairman of the LRT council and emphasizes the importance of journalists' independence.
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M. Jurkynas promised LRT journalists that their tone of voice would not be evaluated during the political neutrality audit.
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