TVP demands an apology from Juliusz Braun

Polish television asks Juliusz Braun, a member of the National Media Council, to apologize for letting TVP President Jacek Kurski fall within the framework of the presentation of the results of the television – said TVP. Braun tells PAP that he is maintaining his position and "there will be no excuses."

. In early July, the total shares in the TVP1 and TVP2 audience in the first half of the year rose for the first time in 16 years. He added that TVP1 audience share in the first half of 2018 increased by about 0.3 percentage point. compared with the first half of 2017, while TVP2 – about 0.4 percentage points. "For the first time in 16 years, from one year to the next, or rather from half a year to the next, ie the first half of 2018 to the first half of 2017, TV , TVP 2 and the entire TVP group have increased, "said Kurski. 19659006] According to TVP, the presentation of the hearing results for the first half of 2018 is bumped to "unfair and exceeding the limits of culture by the attack of Juliusz Braun on the chairman of the board of TVP ". "Juliusz Braun accused TVP's president of lying" – we read in a statement on Monday. In this context, the company asks the member of the RMN "immediate apologies" to the chairman of TVP

Braun, referring to the results presented by the head of TVP, believes that Kurski "lies, hoping that no one will "In the statement quoted by Gazeta Wyborcza, he pointed out that" the downward trend was overcome in 2014 "when" for the first time since 2005, there has been an increase cumulative shares of the TVP channels "." The rebound began with the accession of Jacek Kurski to the presidency, "he said.

According to TVP, Braun's statements "do not often refer to the facts, but only to gossip and media speculation". "In this context, TVP calls Juliusz Braun to immediately stop these actions and publicly rectify the false accusations," reads [19659010] Jerzy Braun, in an interview on Monday at the PAP, stressed that he maintained his position . Braun assured that in his statements he did not refer to "media gossip", but to what TVP reported on his website. "I do not talk about rumors, but to quote President Kurski," he said. "It has been difficult for me to assume that the TVP website is falsely quoting its own president," he added.

As he noted, the president of TVP said that there was an increase of the "whole group". "All the reporters understood this and so they quoted it:" the whole group ", and that's not true, and that's all," said a member of the NMR. "I have emphasized the untruth, that the spokesperson's team has so insulted that I can not read with understanding," he added.

Braun pointed out that he had no intention of apologizing to TVP. "There will be no excuses here, because there is no reason" – he said.