Messages in the Media - University of Toronto

Rzeczpospolita employs many of Gazeta Wyborcza’s staunchest
critics.
Uważam Rze
www.uwazamrze.pl
A weekly magazine with a circulation of 294,000 was
launched in February 2011 by some of the Rzeczpospolita
journalists. It calls itself a “conservative-liberal voice in the
public debate,” and is often critical of the current government
and its policies. 5 Uważam Rze articles and op-eds
frequently appear in Rzeczpospolita, and vice versa.
Wprost
www.wprost.pl
Wprost is a politically centrist magazine, with a circulation
of 179,280 copies. 6 From 2007 to February 2010, when
Stanislaw Janecki was Wprost’s chief editor, the paper
aligned itself with the right-wing government of the Law
and Justice party. Since May 2010, however, when Tomasz
Lis became editor-in-chief, the political profile of the magazine
became moderate.
Newsweek Polska
www.newsweek.pl
Newsweek Polska is one of the eight non-English editions of
the American Newsweek magazine. With an average circulation
of around 180,000, it is one of the biggest and most
popular weekly magazines in Poland. 7
FINDINGS:
The Polish Presidency in the Council of Europe
While some written media approached this topic with a
good dose of criticism and condemnation, others did not.
For instance, in Rzeczpospolita, the very idea of the EU
presidency was portrayed as a façade. The newspaper’s
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