The thing is, almost everyone who faithfully and regularly buys his publications lived in Poland during the PRL years...
Not only them - wyborcza.pl is very popular online among the post-PRL generation. As I recall, it's one of the few profitable paywall sites in Europe.
They don't give that out lightly - it's for the most distinguished Poles.
Yes, exactly. Worth looking at the recipients - these are really the elite of Polish society.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Eagle_(Poland)