“Chairman Matyszkowicz came on Friday [prawdopodobnie 14 kwietnia] to a meeting with the editorial office of Wiadomości and announced – without consulting me or even telling me – that from now on he will run the editorial board of Wiadomości every Friday. In a meeting with the entire Team, he said that Wiadomości’s line needed to be corrected, because there were too many “hard politics” and war topics, and not enough news for women and “light” material.

He also accused Matyszkowicz of lacking management experience. “President Matyszkowicz has taken actions that will result in the complete breakdown of the management structure at the Television Information Agency. In the history of TVP, never has a president personally chaired the editorial board and publicly told journalists what material to do. It is easy to imagine how hostile we will use this In addition, President Matyszkowicz positioned himself as an intermediary between me and the Wiadomości journalists, whom they can ask for intervention if they question my decision, “onet quoted.

The full text of the letter:

On Friday, President Matyszkowicz came to a meeting with the editorial office of Wiadomości and announced – without consulting me or even telling me – that from now on he would run the editorial board of Wiadomości every Friday. In a meeting with the rest of the Team, she said that the News line needed to be adjusted, as there was too much “hard politics” and war topics, and not enough news for women and “light” material.

When asked by one of the reporters, who – publicly – complained about the long material, because I ordered statements from various politicians and additional threads to be added to it, Matyszkowicz PUBLIK, in front of the entire Wiadomości team, replied that the reporter does not have to follow all orders me and it’s safe to say that such threads are incompatible with the material. President Matyszkowicz has taken action which will result in the decay of the management structure at the Television Information Agency.

In the history of TVP, there has never been a president who personally ran an editorial board and publicly told journalists what material to do. It’s easy to imagine how the hostile opposition media would use this. In addition, President Matyszkowicz has positioned himself as an intermediary between me and the Wiadomości journalists, whom they can ask to intervene if they question my decision. I was surprised by this turn of events, because there was no conflict between me and President Matyszkowicz.

We have a good personal relationship and I fully carry out all of his instructions, especially regarding substantive messages in TVP’s news programmes. President Matyszkowicz’s actions were directly attributable to his lack of experience in management, they were highly unprofessional and dangerous. The result will be a deep crisis in TVP caused before the election. A basic rule has been broken: I get substantive assignments and guidelines, but I choose the means to an end.