‘Rafał Trzaskowski and the political camp with which he is associated simply does not realize what it truly is the independency of the media, that the function of journalists is to ask hard questions on behalf of the public, that these questions can, of course, be or should even be sharpened. This is the function of journalists, that is the function of the media" – says Dr. Krzysztof Kawęcki in an interview with the Polish University of Technology.
The Citizen Coalition candidate for president Rafał Trzaskowski organised the “Great Press Conference” during which he answered questions from journalists.
Unfortunately, during the event, the president of Warsaw felt tense respective times, avoided answering clear questions, and ran for digression or even attacks on the media.
Conference with obstacles
We ask Dr. Krzysztof Kawęcki how he felt Rafał Trzaskowski fell. The talker of the portal atPoliticy.pl points out that so far Rafał Trzaskowski and another politicians of the Civic Coalition were closed to right-wing media, especially the leader of this formation Donald Tusk.
It was specified an effort to jump over a certain stage, to show another picture, and that is why an event was organized under specified a noisy name "Big Press Conference". We have a "Big Pardubick", that is, an obstacleous horse race, and here we can besides say that it was specified a "conference with obstacles", but these obstacles were created by Rafał Trzaskowski, without dealing with any statements. There was clearly irritation.
— assesses.
These questions besides formulated by tv journalists in Poland24 were very precise and they referred to various, most crucial aspects of national and state life, and so besides to government policy, current coalition and very crucial issues of worldview
— points out in an interview with Politician.pl.
It was evident that this undoubtedly caused any irritation. Rafał Trzaskowski may have accepted the tactics of the monologue, his own reflections a small over and over again, and here he had to face rather circumstantial challenges
— notes.
The plan didn't work.
During the event, there was a tension between Rafał Trzaskowski and the tv writer in Poland24 Piotr Czyżewski, who asked whether the invitation of journalists of our station to the event was only a primaaprilis joke, or the conservative media could already be present and ask questions to the candidate KO for president of Poland. In response, Trzaskowski attacked that the writer was wasting his questions and emphasized how much time he spent on this press conference.
Dr. Krzysztof Kawęcki estimates that we have been faced with an effort to “train journalists”.
Thus, with respect to crossing certain rules. This besides shows that it is simply Rafał Trzaskowski and the political camp he is associated with that he simply does not realize what the independency of the media truly is, that the function of journalists is to ask hard questions on behalf of the public, that these questions can, of course, be or should even be sharpened. That is the function of journalists, that is the function of the media
“ He says.
In addition to trying to teach, we besides had any effort to indicate “standards” of behaviour for the journalist. This should not take place at the alleged "Big Press Conference", where Rafał Trzaskowski, a candidate for president of the Republic of Poland, is the host who invites you to participate. erstwhile individual invites people to a “social gathering”, even if he does not identify with them, he should keep a certain openness, a certain class. Instead, we were annoyed by Rafał Trzaskowski. most likely his goal was to make this conference part of his strategy to build a man's image open to different options, not to say that he's making a false turn towards conservative, but open. It didn't work out.
— summarizes in his interview with the portal inPoliticy.pl.
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