Torq
9 Jan 2011 / #121
Oh, it clearly is. It relies on sensationalism to sell newspapers - that's the mark of a tabloid.
Even if ND was relying on sensationalism to sell (which I don't believe is the case) that is only
one mark of a tabloid. There are other marks of a tabloid, like for example:
- a lot of photos, very little text (clearly not the case with Nasz Dziennik, where it's
exactly the opposite - a lot of text and relatively few photos)
- pictures of barely dressed women, often on the verge of prnography, or shocking
photos of accidents and drastic scenes (you won't find anything of the kind in ND)
Tabloids in Poland ("Fakt", "Super Express") also tend to avoid controversial issues like
abortion, for example. "Nasz Dziennik" always presented their strong pro-life position
in that matter (that's one of the reasons for all the hatred and aggression from liberal
circles towards ND.)
Apart from that, you would be surprised at the number of scientists, politicians, writers
and university professors who either write or give interviews for ND. At the moment
I'm holding the latest weekend issue of ND - let's see:
- page 2 - an interview with professor Andrzej Kazimierczak from the Banking faculty
of the Higher Trade School (Szkoła Główna Handlowa) in Warsaw;
- page 5 - an interview with Bogusław Kowalski (former vice-minister of transport)
- page 6 - an article about railway situation by doctor Przemysław Czarnek and an interview
with ZUS press officer - Waldemar Grzegorczyk;
- page 12 - an interview with doctor Wojciech Muszyński - scientist from IPN, the main editor
of historical quarterly "Glaukopis"
Just a quick browse through the remaining pages would allow you to see a couple of more
articles by scientist, priests, artists and writers alongside the regular ND columnists,
a lot of text and few photoes (and none of them drastic or indecent.)
So, NO - Nasz Dziennik is not a tabloid and it is not considered as such, by anyone with
the slightest knowledge about press market. It is simply a conservative-Catholic newspaper
(for which reason it is hated and scorned by liberals.)
The crowd of mostly old people actually managed to prevent them from removing the cross was beyond insane - it made a mockery of the police and the entire security apparatus.
Now, when you say that, it makes more and more sense. The police were humiliated
by a bunch of elderly ladies, so when the same "mohairs" were assaulted later, they didn't
see it fit to react. Was that what happened? I don't know, but it's quite possible.