June 2018 – We fight for truth and accuracy about Poland

Belgian Press Regulator – Not Fit For Purpose

By C. J. | 29th June 2018

PMI pursued a complaint with the Belgian Press Ombudsman RVDJ for an article that we flagged on 3rd August LAST YEAR. https://www.facebook.com/groups/polishmediaissues/permalink/1506196876108968/ https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20170803_03000631 10 months and 19 days later, RVDJ managed to make their belated decision and stated the complaint was “unfounded”. http://www.rvdj.be/node/510 Originally, Nieuwsblad wrote: “Gröning gaf tijdens zijn proces toe dat hij een…

Useful Quotes

By M. R. | 9th June 2018

Some underinformed British and American politicians like Alex Sobel (Labor Party, UK) or Ro Khanna (Democratic Party, USA) have recently tried to undermine Poland’s very right to defend her good name and they have attacked the Polish anti-defamation law (IPN bill) by making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or stereotypical allegations about Poles. While confronting such individuals…

“Polish Anti-defamation Law” from the perspective of Westminster Hall

By M. R. | 6th June 2018

By Chris Jeżewski, Polish Media Issues Yesterday saw a debate in the UK Houses of Commons about the “Polish Anti-defamation law”. It was not clear why legislation in another country would have been of such interest to British MPs but the issue was compounded when the initiator of the debate, Alex Sobel, linked the law…