Why was it made of eavesdropping people a average method of political struggle? Why does the abuse of strong words origin a deterioration in the rank of concepts? Why does the actual right like freedom to security? Why has the sphere of government been tabloidized, and supported by secret services?
We late had a totally amazing situation in which the most popular news tv in Poland, the Republic, announced respective days in a row the disclosure of breakthrough recordings with talks by respective people connected with the governing environment. erstwhile he arrived Monday, looking at concentrated eyesight, oversaturated with fear and trembling, waiting to be fed with sensational food during the dinner, the audience was released recordings on which – amazing! – 1 man informed another that Poland belongs to the European Union, and later that the Earth revolves around the Sun. In fact, that was not precisely what was said there, but the feeling of enriching with fresh resources of information could have been akin to the viewer.
Strictly public information
What is the consequence of all the recordings released on TV? That Leszek Czarnecki invited Roman Giertych to Venice. That Roman Gierty got into a dispute with Grzegorz Schetina about what constituency he would be able to run for parliament from. That Donald Tusk considered Margaret Kidawa-Błońska a good presidential candidate. Leszek Czarnecki would alternatively be tried in Poland governed by KO than in Poland governed by PiS.
No, Gierty wasn't going to take out $15 million to Czarnecki. No, Gierty didn't want to bribe Schetin. No, Tusk was not afraid that Kidawa had “haki” on him. No, Czarnecki would not like to be tried in Poland of the Law and Justice – and that would be interesting.
Moreover, part of the recording was made by Roman Giertych's message copied from his own account on YouTube. There's something perverse about the fact that erstwhile nothing is secret, everything becomes secret.
Hopeless – but ours
This kind of “disclosure” is due either to the foolishness of the exposing individual or to the stupidity of the listener – which sometimes goes hand in hand, like the conduct of an impostor who hopes to dishonesty of the contractor causing a desire to enter into a questionable ethical interest. As a result, feedback occurs and each another pulls down.
If the voter and the viewer became fans, having ceased to occupy in any way a long time ago with an nonsubjective observation, then it doesn't substance how bad it will be toned by a ferocious song – they will sing it anyway. We have reached the level of tragedy, in which it is not 1 side that has the ability to embarrass the other, but alternatively both should leave as much space as possible to act freely to win each another that the opponent has shot himself in the knee again. As you utilized to say: you would be an excellent cabaretist – it is adequate that you would go on stage.
Giertych referred to household traditions and expressed his love of conspiracy theories, but this time Jews and masons replaced PiS false elections? tv Republika immediately came to help, putting Gierty in the function of the victim of the checkers with shoulder blades in their hands, but besides in the function of individual crucial and serious adequate that all decision he made had to be followed.
Children realize more
Let's go back to the carefree time of simple school. During the break in Jasio's class, he stole Margaret's letter from her backpack, in which she invited Grzesia's birthday party. Jasio, surrounded by a group of colleagues, read this letter publicly. What was the reaction of the listeners? any were staring at Jasia with curiosity, others were rechoking from habit to grunt, not truly knowing why, but providing themselves a fewer minutes of safety in the community. The others – knowing how Jasio got into private correspondence or suspecting it – much more than the feelings expressed in the letter by Gretel became curious in the morality of Jasio, who, just as well, could start to dig through the backpack.
Children realize that due to the fact that they have heads not broken by what is called public life. Don't Republican journalists fishy that their friends will be on defender during any private, confidential conversation with them? Macdonaldized wiretap? A wire like a part of bread? What else do you call it? If individual doesn't have anything on their conscience, don't be afraid of wiretaps? matrimony is not a burden on conscience. Why don't Republic tv journalists install cameras in friends' bedrooms (or their own)? The concept of a public home would be creatively enriched.
Eavesdropping is violence
I utilized to perceive to an exchange about the situation that empowers interrogating police officers to usage force against the individual being interrogated – and whether this is even the case. 1 of the speakers gave an example of a hypothetical script written by life: the colleagues of the interviewee plan the assassination and within a fewer minutes the building will be blown up, resulting in respective twelve deaths – only violent officers will be able to force the interviewed information indicating where the bombers are located. A man presenting specified an imagined version of events felt that in specified a situation only force could defend the lives of many people.
Why did I mention this example? due to the fact that listening is besides a form of violence. And the only reason for their installation is as follows: the social benefit of utilizing the wire many times outweighs the degree of inethicity of utilizing it.
The usage of wiretaps reminds me of a well-known quote – that there is 1 individual more immoral than the 1 who takes the bribe: the 1 who gives it. And usually much worse than the 1 who's being overheard is the 1 who's eavesdropping on him. It is not even so that the wiretaps are utilized to get information about organized crime groups – due to the fact that at the minute erstwhile they are founded, no 1 has even charged. Eavesdropping is based on the presumption – and the harm caused by their presumption is not presumed but actual.
Auto-deconspiration of Pegasus amateurs
TV Republika journalists, publishing private talks of people related to the ruling coalition, but besides expressing that the obsession of eavesdropping means more to them than even a lawyer's secret, make an auto-deconspiration of the environment related to Law and Justice. due to the fact that this Pegasus is simply a horse or a console game, but it accidentally leaked one more time that they liked listening (and it was the most crucial leak in this case).
They did this while working on TVP Info during the time of the PiS – the fight against the Confederacy was so crucial to them that not only her politicians had the least air time available from all of them, but besides moments before the elections, an different scandal was announced – like almost all day –: Marian Banas gets along with Mark Chmaj on the civilian Coalition alliance with the Confederate. Although Banaś did not belong to the Confederacy, Chmai did not belong to the Coalition, but the fact is as it is. I wonder what part of the Confederate's possible electorate voted for the 3rd Road after announcing this "unimaginable scandal" (which divided the destiny of COVID after the invasion of Ukraine). I don't want to compose about a monkey or a razor. Or the PiSs and the wire taps.
The PiS environment in this case resembles a gangster driving to court hearings and for respective years proving his innocence, and after returning to prison intimidating the inmates to gain influence. So, we have nothing to do with the wire taps, but if we have to, we'll usage them. And if you don't gotta – let's add.
They simply forgot – possibly the deficiency of adequate operational vigilance made them forget that eavesdropping on people is different than eating breakfast.
State of war – as usual
The drifting of the Republic's tv towards being an emergency state television, regular announcing the introduction of another martial law, is unpleasant – the station level, even 2 years ago, or the level of Reset documents, was much higher than the "level" of news strips, to which looking gives the impression that individual shouts at us and is changing at a pace suggesting that the "stick" has obsessive-compulsive disorder.
TV Republika at 1 point found that hitting the head causes a look, not a headache. The view that certain beliefs are achieved as a consequence of seeing a discussion, during which the leader tries to pretend to be nonsubjective – and then these beliefs are much stronger – was considered anachronistic. It is characteristic not to recognise the customs of naming political circles or institutions as they themselves are or as the law defines them. Just as the Constitutional Tribunal became for the centre of the “Cribulary of Przyłębska”, so Coalition on October 15 is in the Republic of “Koalicja 13 December”. How can a individual who is undecided be persuaded by a individual who expresses his resentment at the outset without even trying to be an honest observer?
I remember erstwhile a Ukrainian citizen was detained, who committed 4 murders in the wilderness. It was on the Warsaw Wola. tv Republic made this information scandalous due to the fact that her reporter was not allowed into the area where police were securing evidence. Of course, it was a manifestation of “the censorship of the Coalition on 13 December” or something like that. It did not happen to reporters that no another tv was allowed in there, that likewise the police behave in all akin cases that could impede the investigation.
Abuse of strong words and utmost concepts does not consequence in a constant advanced level of adrenaline in viewers. The effect is alternatively the same as after the 50th consecutive telephone call informing the householder of the bomb. alternatively of fear is ironic grin and boredom. And worst of all, erstwhile they truly plant a bomb on him, he waves his hand alternatively of evacuating himself.
If not out of concern for their own credibility or level of creativity, even out of respect for the victims of totalitarian systems, the station journalists could not empathize by appealing to the times erstwhile people were killed, tortured, tore their nails and put fingers between the latched drawers. To not compose – they were overheard.
Many years, which is completely understandable, have served as journalists associated with tv Republika with the adversaries announcing that in Poland is “fascism” or “dictature”. Why do they do the same thing? Why do they do the same, though not today, nor then any Fascism, Communism, martial law, or dictatorship were and were not there? To make people think that this fascism, communism, martial law, dictatorship is nothing at all? I fishy that there is any selfishness in this: by creating extraordinary times, we make our extraordinary role. A man in the void seems boring himself.
TV Republika acts a small like a huntsman fighting for the title of the hunting leader and – in this passion of shooting – not only saves boars, but besides people and dogs, a huntsman shooting blindly at everyone around, hoping that even if he shoots dozens of people, he will inactive win the prize due to the fact that respective 100 boars have fallen. With that thought, the launch of 50 caps does not lower the rank of 1 gunfire. The point is, this logic does not take into account the apparent intellectual regularity: at a time erstwhile everything is sensational and scandal, nothing is sensational and scandal—also what in a planet without possessed hunters would be impressive.
Right, freedom, listening
In thesis that young people, as well as the full society, turned to the right, there is simply quite a few fact – only that it should be clarified very clearly. due to the fact that possibly even more than to the right, young people turned to ideological politicians and bringing any fresh openness. Thus, in many cases the dilemma was not "Right or Left?" but "Mentzen or Zandberg?". It is an expression of complete insensitivity to the possible fresh electorate to offer him what he is so tired of: foul play, ruse, wire tap.
And I find it hard to realize how tv journalists Republic connect anti-communism with a passion for eavesdropping people. Do they truly think that the difference between the right-wing man and the left-wing man is that they both mount the wire – only the first with the slogan “God, honor, homeland” on their lips, and the second with “freedom, equality, brotherhood”?
I spoke to a writer late “Gazeta Polska” – we both expressed optimism about the fact that the right hand is co-opting what can be described as “street rightfulness”, that is, patriotic views are emphasized in rapper songs or football stadiums. The question that occurred to me in connection with this conversation is: does a young boy who is irritated by monitoring in all free place in the Polish streets, who grew up reluctant to talk about it, in hostility to the confidants, who find the complaint dishonored, who hates obscuration, hypocrisy, “the plasticity of character” truly will be united by the transmission of “the fact of the eavesdropping”? Or does the wiretaps associate with an overzealous neighbour who goes to bed at 9:00 p.m. and sees him coming home at 11:00 p.m., and if there's nothing to take care of, she calls the police?
The “Right” specified as the Law and Justice, the Jacobin in transmission and the statistic in content, has 1 essential feature: erstwhile faced with each other, freedom and security, it always chooses security. Behind the classical – who chooses safety alternatively of freedom, he deserves neither. It is not an art to say that “one and the another is important” – it is an art to recognise that citizenship is so valuable that we gotta hazard it, but we gotta defend it. I do not think about wearing "for sport", as in this case – due to the fact that it does not fit in any average terms of reasoning about the functioning of the state.
The law and justice, unfortunately, have repeatedly expressed a completely different thought of the state – expanding the number of temporary detentions applied twice, tolerating police force or raising the authority of "little crown witnesses" who were besides "somewhere, heard something", i.e. being, can be said, spersonized by wiretaps.
When the servants make tabloids
A certain level of tabloidization of public life is hard to avoid erstwhile each of us floods a million information a day and in order to break through you gotta send clear and easy digestible messages.
At the same time, it gives emergence to a certain fear of expanding the importance and changing the way tabloids function compared to what happened respective years ago. reasoning of “Super Express” or “Fact”, we knew that they were popular newspapers, but it surely would not happen to us that they would set standards of communication or information about public life. The images from the hidden, known for being known to celebrities, had something unethical in them, but, first, the usage of these methods towards the people ruling the state was much rarer, and, secondly, journalists and photojournalists acted at their own hazard and for their success.
Another “eaverage” is simply a manifestation of tabloidization, only that tabloid is created differently than before – it is entirely devoted to politics and is helped by secret services.
Well, it's a good thing he's embarrassed.
Jacek Tomczak
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Think Poland, No. 39-40 (28.09-5.10.2025)
