TVP Ethics Commission: Tomasz Lis violated the rules of journalistic ethics – Press portal

It’s about episode aired May 18, in which the leading Tomasz Lis and invited him to the studio by actor Thomas Karolak the support committee criticized President Bronislaw Komorowski Law and Justice candidate for president Andrzej Duda. They cited by posting on Twitter that she had put the daughter of politician: “My dad says that when he becomes president, Oscar will give Americans”. It turned out, however, that the entry was from false account.

The entire blame for this setback has assumed before the ethics Barbara Hrybacz, publisher of the program. With the ethics committee documents that Hrybacz acknowledged that “failed to make due diligence” because the teacher said program entry from your Twitter account, without checking its credibility, which explained the “lack of experience in the use of new media.” In its judgment the commission says, however, that “dim knowledge of social media can not be the explanation for the lack of reliability”. TVP Ethics Commission also said that the discussion was very presence in the studio of Thomas Karolak, “clearly telling to be one of the candidates”. As a result, the commission ruled that “the authors of the program violated the principles of journalistic ethics applicable on TV”, according to which “the information provided by the journalist should be balanced and accurate, so that viewers could distinguish fact from conjecture and gossip”. In its judgment it emphasized that “television journalism is introducing audiences to participate in the public debate” and the reporter also in this field force, “the attitude of impartiality”. In accordance with the decision of the management of TVP 2 Barbara Hrybacz financial consequences already suffered mishaps with Twitter. In addition, according to the ethics committee, the management and editorial journalism Twos took “disciplinary conversations” with Tomasz Lis. Tomasz Lis did not answer us whether they agree with the decision of the committee. For providing a quotation from a false account yet apologized Kinga Duda at the issue date of the program. The next day, he reiterated his apology in TVP Info, and Andrzej Duda apologized television in the main edition of “News” on 19 May. During the presidential campaign also he attracted controversy John Pospieszalski program in BBC Fri. “Closer,” which appeared survey asking if the audience will vote for the candidate supported by WSI. TVP Ethics Committee, however, did not investigate the case, because broadcast Pospieszalski received no complaints. (RUT)