Journalists sympathizing with PiS are in trouble. They wrote a letter in which they oppose the “purges”

On Thursday morning, the right-wing website owned by the Karnowski brothers published an open letter in which several dozen employees of public media or media subsidized by state-owned companies lament the changes announced by the future government of the three opposition parties. “We warn Poles – freedom of speech is under threat like never before! An important voice of the journalistic community in the face of the announced purges” – this is its title.

Right-wing media employees are afraid for their jobs. Moreover, they are “concerned” about freedom of speech

“In recent days, very disturbing statements have been made by representatives of political groups centered around Donald Tusk and their media base” – this is the paragraph that begins the letter in question.

Further on, those who signed the letter insinuate that journalists who do not support the opposition will be subjected to persecution, which they dared to compare to those that took place during the People’s Republic of Poland.

We hear scandalous announcements of political purges in public and private media. Journalists working in national and regional media are threatened with revenge. Proscription lists are being created for journalists who are to be effectively banned from practicing their profession. This is the first time such a situation has occurred in Poland since 1989 and resembles practices straight out of martial law.

At this point, it is worth recalling the words of right-wing commentator and TVP Info columnist Marcin Wolski:

And we have created – sorry, I say this as an accomplice – propaganda at a level worse than that of the 1970s. (…) The logic of struggle, Stalinist logic, won: whoever is not with us is against us

The open letter contains an appeal to readers. They ask for support against the “destruction of pluralism”

As you can see, his words did not make an impression on other journalists supporting the PiS government. Later in the letter we can read that the actions of “political forces that consider themselves winners of the elections”, including the announced “purges”, are intended to “completely eliminate freedom of speech and pluralism in Poland.”

Ultimately, they write that we are facing a “real regime” to “destroy the state and rob Poles in silence and with impunity, as has already happened in the past” and appeal “to all Poles for decisive resistance to this plan to destroy pluralism in public and private media.” .

The letter was signed by nearly 40 employees of public and private media, which are generously subsidized by state-owned companies. Noteworthy is the name of Michał Adamczyk, who is constantly on vacation after the September article by Onet, according to which he beat his lover years ago. Interestingly, the letter was not signed by the president of Telewizja Polska, Mateusz Matyszkowicz.

Full list of people who signed the open letter:

1. Michał Adamczyk – head of the Television Information Agency and host of “Wiadomości”,
2. Goran Andrijanić – journalist at wPolityce.pl,
3. Wojciech Biedroń – Polish theater and television director, regular commentator of “Wiadomości” TVP,
4. Maria Dłużewska – director of documentaries that fit the PiS narrative,
5. Lidia Dudkiewicz – former editor-in-chief of “Niedziela”,
6. Marek Formela – journalist of tvp.info and commentator of wPolsce.pl television,
7. Grzegorz Górny – journalist of the weekly “Sieci” and the portal wPolityce.pl,
8. Piotr Gursztyn – Polish historian, TVP journalist,
9. Jerzy Jachowicz – journalist of the Sieci weekly and the wPolityce.pl portal,
10. Agnieszka Kamińska – president of Polish Radio,
11. Jaromir Kwiatkowski – journalist of the wPolityce.pl portal,
12. Paweł Kwieciński – director of the Polish Radio Program Office,
13. Dorota Kania – editor-in-chief of Polska Press,
14. Michał Karnowski – journalist of “Sieci” and TVP Info,
15. Jacek Karnowski – editor-in-chief of the weekly “Sieci”,
16. Piotr Kotomski – journalist of the i.pl portal,
17. Elżbieta Królikowska-Avis – journalist at wPolityce.pl,
18. Jędrzej Lipski – editor-in-chief of “Dziennik Zachodni” belonging to Polska Press,
19. Jakub Maciejewski – journalist of the Sieci weekly and the wPolityce.pl portal,
20. Lech Makowiecki – musician, journalist of the wPolityce.pl portal,
21. Wojciech Majsner – assistant production manager, former journalist of the i.pl portal,
22. Miłosz Manasterski – editor-in-chief of the Information Agency and TVP Info commentator,
23. Bernard Margueritte – French right-wing publicist who specializes in writing about Poland,
24. Marzena Nykiel – editor-in-chief of wPolityce.pl,
25. Mariusz Pilis – film director and screenwriter; worked for TVP and PAP,
26. Paweł Piszczek – director and editor-in-chief of the Radio Information Agency,
27. Andrzej Potocki – journalist of the Sieci weekly and the wPolityce.pl portal,
28. Samuel Pereira – deputy director of the Television Information Agency and manager of TVP Info,
29. Marek Pyza – journalist of the Sieci weekly and the wPolityce.pl portal,
30. Arkadiusz Rogowski – editor-in-chief of “Nowin” and acting editor-in-chief of “Dziennik Polski” and “Gazeta Krakowska”, belonging to Polska Press
31. Andrzej Rybałt – director of Polish Radio Abroad,
32. Aleksandra Rybińska – journalist of the weekly “Sieci” and the portal wPolityce.pl,
33. Piotr Samsik – editor-in-chief of “Dziennik Łódzki” and “Express Ilustrowany”, belonging to Polska Press,
34. Ewa Stankiewicz – director, winner of the Złota Kaczka award and former journalist of Republika TV,
35. Wojciech Surmacz – president of the Polish Press Agency,
36. Przemysław Szymańczyk – editor-in-chief of “Głos Szczeciński” and “Dziennik Bałtycki” belonging to Polska Press,
37. Marcin Tulicki – reporter of “Wiadomości” TVP,
38. Aleksander Wierzejski – journalist of TV Republika,
39. Bronisław Wildstein – right-wing journalist, president of TVP in 2006-2007,
40. Anna Zapert – editorial director at Polska Press,
41. Janusz Zyskkowski – editor-in-chief of “Gazeta Wrocławska” and “Gazeta Lubuska”, owned by Polska Press