I wonder if you actually read the paper regularly and then decide for yourself whether it is full of lies, or whether you just accept what those who dislike it say, that is is full of lies?
I read it a few times and couldn't stop laughing - the whole thing is just trash journalism designed to appeal to the underclasses of Polish society. Nothing more, nothing less.
(for what it's worth, Rzeczpospolita does a grand job of being neither particularly pro-PO/PiS)
I would not say TVP used to be pro PiS, I thought it was neutral, this is why PO did not like it, because there was a lack of PiS criticism.
It was very heavily pro-PiS, and it was an utter travesty to see public media being used in such a way. It's one of the worst things about Poland - how, ever since the 1989 election, the public media has been manipulated by those in power. It's the reason why TVN grew so much - and one of the reasons why no-one pays the TV licence fee in Poland.
This is just it, they did not just fight political enemies, they also found guys in PiS who were also guilty of corruption and threw them out, this is why the coallition dissolved.
You should actually go back and read the diplomatic cables. The whole thing is clear - PiS couldn't get most/any of their programme through the Sejm without the help of the LPR/Samobroona, so Jaroslaw Kaczynski deliberately manipulated things so that PiS took the supporters away from Samobroona and LPR. The problem was - he didn't realise that the centrist voters (many of whom voted for PiS on account of the strong anti-corruption stand) were absolutely furious with him for having invited them into the Government to begin with.
If you look at the 2007 election, it's clear that the centrist voters flocked to PO in droves, while the Samobroona/LPR support went to PiS. Problem was - there were far more centrists than there were SO/LPR types. As a strategy, it wasn't entirely bad - but he should never have invited them into the government to begin with. That's what cost Jaroslaw Kaczynski so many elections - people remember the utter disaster that was the coalition.
The other thing - do you think Jaroslaw Kaczynski investigated his own father for corruption, too? Of course not.
As it happened, most of the corruption was in the other parties. Anyway it was not just the political corruption they tried to stop but corruption in general.
Alas, they didn't do a very good job of it. The amount of witchhunts and using of public offices to hound political opponents was ridiculous in the 2006-2007 period. It was pretty obvious that they weren't very interested in touching their 'own' - but only their enemies.
I have not heard of the denial of proffesorships, but I'll try to look in to it. As for the TVP thing, if true, PO is hardly doing anything different now.
It was after 2007 - Lech Kaczynski started really going crazy with his limited executive power. It was a shame - he took the Presidency away from being the figurehead position and took it into politics. But - I think he was manipulated by his brother.
TVP - they've all been at it. It's utterly ridiculous and TVP should just get closed down - I don't know why we're wasting money on it if it's merely a mouthpiece for politicians anyway.
There are probably plenty of countries with better governments where more 'fun things' are happening?
There's a certain amount of energy here though - this is a country where you can be someone, where you don't have to 'pay your dues' nor suck up to people for years just to get a name for yourself. That's why I like it - it's a young country and the opportunity is there for everyone.
(personally, I'm sick to death of the whole lot - ex-Communists, ex-Solidarity - all as bad as each other)