Wiadomości

*Wiadomości*
Wiadomości
Genre	News program
Presented by	Danuta Holecka; Michał Adamczyk; Edyta Lewandowska; Katarzyna Trzaskalska; Agnieszka Oszczyk; Michał Rykowski
Theme music composer	Adam Skorupa (May 2019-present); Radzimir Dębski (2015–May 2019); Piotr Rubik (2004–2014)
Country of origin	Poland
Original languages	Polish; English (night emission on TVP Polonia);
Production
Producer	Telewizja Polska (TVP)
Production locations	Warsaw, Poland
Editors	Robert Kalinowski; Małgorzata Rogatty; Edyta Suchacka; Maciej Walaszczyk
Running time	25 minutes (07:30pm); 10 minutes (08:00am, 12:00pm, 03:00pm);
Original release
Network	TVP1; TVP Polonia; TVP Info
Release	18 November 1989 –; present
Related
	Teleexpress; Panorama

Wiadomości (News, Polish pronunciation: [vʲjadɔˈmɔɕtɕi]) is the chief Polish news program produced by Telewizja Polska and broadcast on the first channel, TVP1. The main edition is transmitted daily at 7:30 p.m. CET. It premiered on 18 November 1989 and succeeded the Dziennik Telewizyjny (Television Journal), which was aired during the communist era for over 31 years. In September 2020, Wiadomości was the most popular news program in Poland, with an average of 2.66 million viewers a day.^[1]

Since 14 September 2016, the acting editor-in-chief is Jarosław Olechowski.

Since the first telecast, a letter W composed of two V letters serves as the program's official logo.

History

Wiadomości replaced the infamous Dziennik Telewizyjny (Template:Lang-en), a newscast that was a symbol of communist propaganda in the Polish People's Republic during the Cold War. The first edition of Wiadomości aired on 18 November 1989 and was hosted by journalist Wojciech Reszczyński. Reszczyński greeted the audiences with a message: "Good evening, I hope that this program will gain your approbation in the upcoming days. The information contained in this program will be either good or bad, but always true and we count on help and cooperation."^[2]

Controversy

Accusations of propaganda

In the 2010s, the program has been accused of becoming a propaganda outlet for the ruling Law and Justice party.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] Historian and columnist Timothy Garton Ash, writing for The Guardian, praised the competing Fakty TVN's critical coverage of government issues when harshly criticising Telewizja Polska's Wiadomości (News).

The Facts is not BBC-style impartial: it clearly favours a more liberal, pro-European Poland and is strongly anti-PiS. But unlike the so-called News, it is still definitely professional, high quality, reality-based journalism.

Current presenters

Main editions (19:30)

Edyta Lewandowska (2019–present)
Danuta Holecka (1997, 2003–2004, 2010, 2016–present)
Michał Adamczyk (2004, 2011–2012, 2016–present)

Other editions (from Monday to Friday: 8:00, 12:00, 15:00)

Katarzyna Trzaskalska (2017–present)
Agnieszka Oszczyk (2017–present)
Michał Rynkowski (2018–present)
Bartłomiej Graczak (2018–present)

References

^ ""Wiadomości" liderem oglądalności we wrześniu". sdp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-12-22.
^ Tak wystartowały „Wiadomości” - 20 lat „Wiadomości” - Vod.tvp.pl - Telewizja Polska S.A.
^ IPI-Admin (2019-07-08). "New report: Poland's public media serve as propaganda tool". International Press Institute. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
^ "Poland's Government uses 'Public TV' as a propaganda tool to win the elections. Will the EU react?". Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
^ "For a bitter taste of Polish populism, just watch the evening news | Timothy Garton Ash". the Guardian. 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
^ Kalan, Dariusz. "Poland's State of the Media". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
^ "Propaganda TVP zohydza niezależne media. Ale gubi się w swoich przekazach". Newsweek.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-09-04.
^ Klepka R., Ewolucja Wiadomości TVP1: od medialnej stronniczości do propagandy politycznej? [in:] Walka informacyjna. Uwarunkowania – Incydenty – Wyzwania, red. H. Batorowska, Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie, Instytut Bezpieczeństwa i Edukacji Obywatelskiej, Katedra Kultury Informacyjnej i Zarządzania Informacją, Kraków 2017.

External links

Official website
Wiadomości at IMDb

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[1] ""Wiadomości" liderem oglądalności we wrześniu". sdp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-12-22.

[2] Tak wystartowały „Wiadomości” - 20 lat „Wiadomości” - Vod.tvp.pl - Telewizja Polska S.A.

[3] IPI-Admin (2019-07-08). "New report: Poland's public media serve as propaganda tool". International Press Institute. Retrieved 2021-09-04.

[4] "Poland's Government uses 'Public TV' as a propaganda tool to win the elections. Will the EU react?". Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. Retrieved 2021-09-04.

[5] "For a bitter taste of Polish populism, just watch the evening news | Timothy Garton Ash". the Guardian. 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2021-09-04.

[6] Kalan, Dariusz. "Poland's State of the Media". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2021-09-04.

[7] "Propaganda TVP zohydza niezależne media. Ale gubi się w swoich przekazach". Newsweek.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-09-04.

[8] Klepka R., Ewolucja Wiadomości TVP1: od medialnej stronniczości do propagandy politycznej? [in:] Walka informacyjna. Uwarunkowania – Incydenty – Wyzwania, red. H. Batorowska, Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie, Instytut Bezpieczeństwa i Edukacji Obywatelskiej, Katedra Kultury Informacyjnej i Zarządzania Informacją, Kraków 2017.

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