The report, which is available on the TVN24 GO platform, goes back to viewers until December 2023, i.e. the period of changes in public media. “Niche at the time, Propisian television became a tube of PiS politicians” – we hear at the beginning of the material. The viewers were shown archival recordings from that period, including the statement of Tomasz Sakiewicz, referred to by the creators of the report “the media partner of PiS”.
Companies, connections … it’s complicated
We further find out that the media, which is the owner, are associated with foundations and companies: including the company Word Independent Sp. z o. o. in which sharesaccording to TVN24, Srebrna Sp. z o. o., led by Kazimierz Kujdacolleague Jarosław Kaczyński. However, the creators of the reportage do not end there, because as we hear further, the owner of a company with shares in Sakiewicz is the Institute of Lech Kaczyński.
Journalists They also looked at the Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of TV Republika Beata Dróżdż. Councilor of the Łódź Voivodeship Assembly – as the author of Marta Gordziewicz says – “does not see a conflict of interests in combining her political ambitions with media management.” Then the archival statement of Beata Dróżdż is quoted, in which she says that “she does not mix a professional policy”, but at the same time confirms that she sometimes speaks on TV Republika.
If what you just read is confusing for you, I warn you that this is just the beginning. The creators of the report are going back to the aforementioned company Srebrna Sp. z o. o., which, according to them, is the owner of Geranium. The entity, in turn, has the shares of Forma SA, which is responsible for publishing “Gazeta Polska”. People associated with Law and Justice were to be involved in the company’s activities over the yearsincluding, among others, a friend of the president Jarosław Kaczyński Janina Goss. A little later, in the report, viewers can also see a chart showing a sudden leap in the viewership of Tomasz Sakiewicz’s station in December 2023. “There has never been such a situation in the last 30 years,” commented in the material dr hab. Łukasz Szurmiński.
Journalistic tide to TV Republika
TVN24 journalists also drew attention to the transfers of former TVP leaders to TV Republika. They mentioned not only Michał Rachon and Jarosław Olechowski, but also about Danuta Holecka, who was described as “the main star of Pisowski ‘Wiadomości’ TVP”. Next, we see the next charms from the TV programs: Danuta Holecka’s conversation with the mother of Father Olszewski and the former clerk of the Ministry of Justice Urszula Dubejko.
It’s still not over. The creators of the report mentioned Fr. “Jerzy Owsiak”which in their opinion were committed by TV Republic employees before the final of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity in 2025. The titles of headers displayed in the station programs were cited (“Owsiak escapes from questions about the foam for flood victims”) and graphics with the slogan “I don’t give Owsiak, I support the republic”.
Financing TV Republika. Where does the station get money from?
Another issue raised in Marta Gordziewicz’s material were collections for the construction of a new television studio in Tomasz Sakiewicz’s station. “Is it financed only from collections from viewers?” the journalist wondered. This question was to be answered by charts prepared on the basis of financial statements of TV Republika covering the period from 2015. A fragment of Tomasz Sakiewicz’s report was also cited, who mentioned the entities responsible for maintaining the functioning and development of the station. Among them were, among others, PKN Orlen, Grupa Azoty, PKO and Poczta Polska. According to TVN24 journalists, these companies were to sponsor galas organized by Tomasz Sakiewicz’s media during PiS rule.
Moreover, 13 out of 15 state -owned companies, to which the reporting creators turned, were to spend PLN 110 million on the sponsorship of Sakiewicz’s media sponsorship in six years (from 2017). Another 40 million were to be received from ministries, government agencies and funds. For contrast, the creators of the report showed an interactive chart showing the viewership of the Republic of the Republic since 2015. “As we can see, she scrubbed the bottom. Not even a percentage of viewers turned on this TV” – We hear.
TVN24 journalists They also wondered if the money went to the media of Tomasz Sakiewicz to the political command. They looked at Jacek Sasin, the former minister of state assets, who was awarded at galas organized by the owner of the Republika TV station. As we hear in the material, the companies he supervised were to sponsor one of such events. “According to market principles and taking into account its microscopic viewership, the republic should have earned PLN 4.5 million, and thanks to state -owned companies and institutions she earned at least eight times as much to public money” – comments Marta Gordziewicz. “The Republic was made at a very low cost,” Jacek Gądek explained in the “Newsweek” journalist. TVN24 journalists asked for a comment to Tomasz Sakiewicz himself, but in response they heard that they were “Russian, postkremlowa station”.
Republika tv license
Creators of the report They also looked at the concession of the republic TV awarded in June last year. In their opinion, this process went very quickly. “The Council did not comply with the guidelines developed by itself” – we hear. We also learn that due to the hybrid war, the Council is obliged to verify the financial credibility, the ownership structure and the content that the license applies to the concession, and one of such entities has not demonstrated the full sum that he should allocate to this undertaking. According to Krzysztof Bartkowiatka, the representative of the MWE group, this entity was to be TV Republika.
TVN24 journalists argue that Maciej Świrski, chairman of the Broadcasting Council, was in the past a collaborator of PiS politicians and the head of the Polish National Foundationwhich during his presidency sponsored events related to the media of Tomasz Sakiewicz. According to the concession documents, which Marta Gordziewicz reached, it shows that TV Republika declared the maintenance of stations from funds from collections.
“Financial resources accumulated by the Company are not sufficient for the implementation of the investment and the first installment of the concession fee in the total amount of PLN 6,285 thousand” – is the Council’s opinion cited in the TVN24 material. As we hear in the report, its creators wanted to make an appointment with Maciej Świrski, but the condition of the meeting was to be providing a certificate of employment of Marta Gordziewicz on TVN and a certificate of ZUS with the ZUS about the failure to get the TVN SA with contributions. Journalists asked about the legal grounds justifying such a request, but as a consequence of them The meeting with Maciej Świrski was canceled.
About the complaint submitted to the National Broadcasting Council in connection with the report “Republic of Propaganda” was the first to inform the portal “Press”. “The main accusation is to broadcast content inciting hatred towards the media related to Tomasz Sakiewicz, manipulation. Explanatory proceedings were initiated, and therefore we turned to the sender for materials” – said Teresa Brykczyńska, a spokeswoman for the regulator, in an interview with the portal “Press” . We invite you to participate in the poll and commenting.
Source: Gazeta
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