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Significance
This ranking for the second year in a row caused consternation and furious debate among prominent Bulgarian journalists, but barely registered with the government in Sofia; the public seems transfixed by ongoing government scandals and the burden of over two months of tough COVID-19 lockdown.
Impacts
The pandemic has shifted attention away from media deficiencies, both domestically and among Bulgaria’s EU and NATO partners.
Scandals and infighting have weakened the Borisov government against other parts of the establishment and well-entrenched media interests.
Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev’s activist prosecution service has avoided challenging media conglomerates, and this is unlikely to change.
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