The editors of Gazeta Wyborcza magazine issued a statement apologizing to readers “who have a right to feel outraged and disappointed.” Journalists also informed that Marcin Katski's article has been removed from the editorial office.
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“We made a mistake on Friday on Wyborcza.pl by publishing Marcin Kacki's text “My Journalism – Alcohol, Failed Therapy, Women in Cruel Love, Neglected Daughters and Fear of the Dawn”, in which the author described his past, attitude, as well as inappropriate behavior towards women, including attempts at sexual violence,” reads the statement signed by Roman Imielski, Aleksandra Sobchak and Bartosz T. Vielinsky.
“Vyborch” statement after Katski's text
“Unfortunately, after some time we realize that this publication has harmed people who became its heroes against their will. One of them is Karolina Rogaska, who posted an extensive post on the subject on Facebook on Saturday. We also apologize to our readers. Who have the right to feel anger and frustration. We are checking and correcting the failed procedures within the editorial office before publishing this material,” the text reads.
Later, the editors of “Wolna Sobota” magazine announced the suspension Markin Katzki and Delete Its text from the page. The journalists noted that Katski's “spontaneous confession” might have been dictated by the journalist's previous suspension. Polish reporting school.
“On Sunday, we suspended Markin Katsky and removed him from working with the authors. He abused the trust of the editorial team and hid from us the fact that before the publication of the text, the Polish school of reporting, where he was lecturing, suspended him from work. His duties in relation to the accusation of Karolina Rogaska, thus his “confession” may have had a second meaning – preceding the justification of his own actions. – translated.
At the end, the editors added that an internal investigation is underway on Katski's case. Explanatory procedures were initiated by Agora, the publisher of Gazeta Wyborcza.
Ketski responds to the accusations
Markin Katsky was fired from his job”Gazeta Wyborcza“ After he was accused of sexual violence. It all started with his “confession”, which became a text:My Journalism – Alcohol, failed therapies, women who have loved too hard, neglected daughters and the fear of dawn.“In an interview with Presserwise, Katzki responded to the allegations and noted that the editors knew that he had harmed a Newsweek journalist. Karolina Rogaska.
In an interview published Monday (8/01), he said the article was meant to be a solution to his dark past. He emphasized that he has been working on it for a very long time and the first notes date back to 2019.
– I wrote for my example draw men's attention to how they treat women. This text was also written because I am afraid of men's counter-revolution against my very movement, and I was informed about this by the book Chlops, about the Confederates. I wanted this essay to give men an honest look at the past, he said.
“The editors knew”
Katzki noted that the text was also to be published a week later in the paper edition, next to the text. Mariusz Shchigieli About the reporter's work. The journalist added that he heard about Rogaska's accusations from Pawel Gozhlinski from the reporting school.
“GW” reporter then had to answer Gozlinski that such a story happened 7 years ago. – For advice, I called one of the women who was lecturing at the Polish reporting school, and she also learned from me that there was a complaint from Karolina. He told me to listen. I agreed that this was how the matter should be dealt with honestly and that it would be a thread that would complement my text and show the sincerity of my intentions, he explains further.
Katzky claims he was supposed to meet with Rogaska, who initially agreed, but then canceled the meeting via text message.
– He wrote that he told me everything and I should remember that there was a violation on my part and no – I described all this in the text – he said.
In his famous post in response to Katzki's article, Rogaska described, among other things: that the journalist He undressed and masturbated on her without her consent. Kaki claims that the editors of “Wyborcza” knew about Karolina Rogaska because they described her story in the report (but not in the version that Karolina Rogaska presented in her Facebook post).
– I didn't mention his name because I didn't want to do it without his consent, but they knew who they were talking about, – he told “Preservice”.