Some time ago, the Minister of Funds and Regional Policy announced that the broadcaster TV Trwam, founded by the Lux Veritatis Foundation, was to return the funding granted to the Academy of Social and Media Culture in Toruń. The amount was not given, but the reason was revealed. It was about violating the rules of the program, because it turned out that the necessary condition for admission to studies was… a certificate from the parish priest. However, this is not the end of the problems for Father Rydzyk and his media. The National Broadcasting Council will deal with complaints regarding homophobic content broadcast on TV Trwam and Radio Maryja.
Complaints about the media by Rydzyk’s father. The reason is homophobic content
The Basta Foundation and its manager, Bartosz Staszewski, have been fighting for months to deal with complaints about Telewizja Polska, TV Trwam and Radio Maryja. This concerns homophobic content repeatedly broadcast on TVP Info and Father Rydzyk’s media in 2022. The council repeatedly ignored complaints.
The national regulator did not punish either TVP, Radio Maryja or TV Trwam for programs in which LGBT+ people are called perverse deviants or a threat to normal families
– in July 2023 Staszewski. The Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw agreed with the Basta Foundation and ruled that the National Broadcasting Council was violating the law by not examining the complaints. Yet the council still hasn’t recognized any of them. Now there is no choice, because the final judgment of the Supreme Administrative Court has been issued.
Complaints about TV Trwam, Radio Maryja and TVP. The National Broadcasting Council must consider them
The Supreme Administrative Court ordered the National Broadcasting Council to deal with six complaints received from the Basta Foundation. Its founder, Bart Staszewski, announced the verdict.
The National Broadcasting Council wanted to ignore our complaints about homophobic programs on TV and radio, but oops, the Supreme Administrative Court thwarted their plans. @Maciej_Swirski will have to process each of them – six at the moment. How sad, Mr. Świrski!
Tadeusz Rydzyk’s media, Radio Maryja, TV Trwam, but also Info have repeatedly violated the requirements of Art. 18 section 1 of the Broadcasting Act. This includes a ban on broadcasting materials promoting illegal activities, as well as content inciting hatred, violence or discrimination.
Source: Gazeta
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