TVN’s Issues Statement Following Decision by National Broadcasting Council on Report on Smolensk Subcommittee

January 2, 2023 | RP.pl

“The proceedings will concern, in particular, whether the broadcast entitled “Black and white: The power of a lie” broadcast on TVN24 and TVN contains content that violates Article 18(1) and (3) of the Broadcasting Act by promoting false information and contradictory activities with the Polish raison d’état and threatening public security,” the National Broadcasting Council issued a statement on Friday.

“The chairman of the National Broadcasting Council will also investigate to what extent the possible dissemination of untrue and unreliable information violates the terms of the license granted to TVN SA to broadcast the TVN program,” – we read further.

The author of the challenged material, Piotr Świerczek, reached the materials ordered by the Subcommittee for the Reinvestigation of the Aircraft Accident, which were not included in any of its reports, and which undermined the thesis about the Smolensk bombing pushed by the chairman of the commission, Antoni Macierewicz.

On Monday, TVN SA issued a statement.