The National Broadcasting Council received complaints regarding the statements of Ian Pietrzak and Marek Krol in the TV company “Republica”.

05/01/2024, 06:07

Marek Krol, during a debate on immigration on Wednesday, said that foreigners should be “walked like dogs” and “and it's cheaper to tattoo numbers on your left arm, then you can easily find them” (Screen: TV Republika)

The National Broadcasting Council received complaints about the statements of satirist Jan Pietrzak and publicist Marek Krol on TV Republika.

– The National Broadcasting Council received 130 complaints regarding Jan Pietrzak's statements on the evening of December 31, 2023 (including the complaint of Prof. Tadeusz Kowalski, a member of the National Broadcasting Council, and Krzysztof Lufti). The National Broadcasting Council is conducting a routine investigation into the matter, spokeswoman for the regulator Teresa Brycchinska told us.

Prof. Kowalski: “The presenter should have reacted”

Jan Pietrzak was the guest of the station on December 31. Then he said: “I have a cruel joke with these immigrants. That they hope that the Poles are ready because we have barracks. We have barracks for immigrants in Auschwitz, Majdanek, Treblinka, Stutovo, we have many barracks built by the Germans. And “there we We will arrest these immigrants who were illegally entered our territory by the Germans.”

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Prof. Tadeusz Kowalski wrote in his complaint that the host, Katarzyna Goiska, should have reacted decisively to this statement. He noted that Pietrzak's words violated the Broadcasting Act, which states that broadcasts cannot contain content that incites hatred or violence or discriminates on the basis of sex, race, color, ethnic or social origin, genetic characteristics, language, religion or belief.

For his part, TVP programming board member Krzysztof Luft wrote in his complaint: “In Poland, a country where millions of people died in German concentration camps during World War II, such words are particularly offensive. Even if they said it as a joke. “You don't joke about the torture and suffering of millions of people.”

Nine complaints about Marek Krol's statement

The chairman of the National Broadcasting Council, Maciej Swirski, ordered the start of the verification process with Jan Pietrzak regarding the program.

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“The procedure involves the KRRiT office asking the broadcaster to transcribe the program and respond to the complainants' allegations. The record is then analyzed. Based on this procedure, the chairman of KRRiT (as a body) will decide on further actions. This is standard procedure,” he told the website X Maciej Świrski.

The Warsaw District Prosecutor's Office is investigating Pietrzak's words.

However, nine complaints were filed with “Republic” TV company regarding the statement of the former editor-in-chief of “Wprost”, Marek Krol. – And in this case, as well as in the previous case, the National Broadcasting Council is engaged in routine explanatory activities – said Brykchinska.

“I have ordered the initiation of a complaint proceeding regarding Mr. Marek Krol's statement on Telewizja Republika. This is standard procedure – after receiving a complaint, the office must review the complaint. There is no discretion here. This applies to all complaint proceedings. “- writes the Chairman of the National Broadcasting Council on the X website.

Another scandalous statement in Republic TV

During a debate on immigration on Wednesday, the king said that foreigners should be “knocked down, just like dogs” and “and it's even cheaper to tattoo numbers on your left arm, then you can easily find them”.

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TV Republika program director Michal Rachon criticized Marek Krol's words. “Europe's immigration policy is dangerous for Poland and Europe itself. However, this does not justify the dehumanization of people crossing EU borders illegally,” he said on the X website.

As we saidThe National Broadcasting Council also received a complaint against TV Republika over a broadcast by Jacek Sobala that was against Prime Minister Donald Tusk. “You know what, Tusk? Start looking back, because I think this justice is already coming for you, you don't know it yet, but it is,” said Jacek Sobala on Wednesday, December 28. Conversation” in the program. Former president of Polish Radio. In this way, he spoke about the liquidation of public media companies by the Minister of Culture, Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz.

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(ME, 05/01/2024)

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