''Wiadomości'' (''News'', ) is the chief

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news program produced by

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and broadcast on the first channel,

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. The main edition is transmitted daily at 7:30p.m. CET. It premiered on 18 November 1989 and succeeded the ''

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'' (Television Journal), which was aired during the communist era for over 31 years. In September 2020, ''Wiadomości'' was the most popular

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in Poland, with an average of 2.66 million viewers a day. Since 14 September 2016, the acting editor-in-chief is Jarosław Olechowski. Since the first telecast, a letter W composed of two V letters serves as the program's official

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History

''Wiadomości'' replaced the infamous ''

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in the

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during the Cold War. The first edition of ''Wiadomości'' aired on 18 November 1989 and was hosted by journalist Wojciech Reszczyński. Reszczyński greeted the audiences with a message: "Good evening, I hope that this program will gain your approbation in the upcoming days. The information contained in this program will be either good or bad, but always true and we count on help and cooperation."

Controversy

Accusations of propaganda

In the 2010s, the program has been accused of becoming a propaganda outlet for the ruling

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, writing for

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, praised the competing ''

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'''s critical coverage of government issues when harshly criticising

's ''Wiadomości'' (''News'').

The ''Facts'' is not BBC-style impartial: it clearly favours a more liberal, pro-European Poland and is strongly anti- PiS. But unlike the so-called ''News'', it is still definitely professional, high quality, reality-based journalism.

Current presenters

Main editions (19:30)

* Edyta Lewandowska (2019–present) * Danuta Holecka (1997, 2003–2004, 2010, 2016–present) * Michał Adamczyk (2004, 2011–2012, 2016–present)

Other editions (from Monday to Friday: 8:00, 12:00, 15:00)

* Katarzyna Trzaskalska (2017–present) * Agnieszka Oszczyk (2017–present) * Michał Rynkowski (2018–present) * Bartłomiej Graczak (2018–present)

References

External links

* * Polish television shows 1989 Polish television series debuts Polish television news shows 1980s Polish television series 1990s Polish television series 2000s Polish television series 2010s Polish television series 2020s Polish television series Telewizja Polska original programming {{Poland-tv-prog-stub