| Editor-in-chief | Jacek Karnowski |
|---|---|
| Political alignment | Right-wing |
| Categories | News magazine Political magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Fratria Sp. z o.o. |
| Paid circulation | 38 993[1] |
| Total circulation | 92 835 (2019) |
| Founded | November 26, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-11-26) |
| Country | Poland |
| Based in | Warsaw |
| Language | Polish |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 2299-5579 |
Sieci (Polish pronunciation:[ˈɕɛ.t͡ɕi]ⓘ,lit.:the Network), also stylised asW Sieci,wSieci, orTygodnik Sieci; is aright-wingweekly magazine published inPoland.[2][3][4]
Sieci (as well as the similar competingDo Rzeczy) was founded following a conflict withinUważam Rze which led to the termination of many journalists. The first issue ofSieci was published on 26 November 2012.[5]
Sieci's editorial policy is inline with theLaw and Justice (PiS) party, and has been opposed to the competingCivic Platform party since its founding. The editorial line follows identity journalism which aims not to inform, but to integrate and mobilise supporters of a particular political option.[6] The magazine regularly features interviews with people connected to the PiS platform and presents social issues in a dichotomous manner that is divided between PiS supporters and detractors. The magazine places an emphasis on politics, presenting political affairs in a monochromatic fashion referring frequently to economic freedom and "Catholic values".[5]
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In 2013, the magazine feature a front page withTomasz Lis is anSS uniform with thetag line"almost likeGoebbels".[7]
The magazine was ordered by the court to publish a correction and public apology toEwa Kopacz for falsely claiming that she pays for a personal stylist using public funds.[8]
In 2016, the magazine ran a cover with a white women assaulted by dark males under the title"The Islamic Rape of Europe" which evoked outrage,[4][9] and has been compared to WWII propaganda with the same imagery.[10][11]
In July 2017, it was uncovered that the Ministry of Culture paid the magazinezl 145,500 in 2016 and 2017 for a series of interviews with the director of theWorld War II museum in Gdańsk, prompting allegation ofcorruption andcronyism.[12]
In 2017, the editor-in-chief Karnowski accused the courts of enacting revenge on the magazine due its critical stance on theseparation of powers and the Polish judiciary, calling them a "caste of judges", with the ruling forcing the magazine to change its name fromwSieci as infringing onRzeczpospolita's column trademark.[13]
In July 2019 the city ofGdańsk issueddefamation court proceedings against the magazine for numerous highly provocative and slanderous claims ofGermanophilia,treason andPolonophobia including:"the leaders of Gdańsk do not cherish Polishness","they want to joinGermany","they are actively engaging in war against Poland",they are cultivating a politicised history which rejects the heroism and pride of the Polish soldier and they are consciously referring to the traditions of theFree City of Danzig","the city restored the sign "Postamt" on the council postal office","they have led the area ofWesterplatte toruins","they did not send a representative to the funeral celebrations of one of the last veterans of theBattle of Westerplatte, mjr. Ignacy Skowroń".[14]
A front cover questioning whether theCOVID-19 pandemicis real (cover title"Is this a false pandemic?") was heavily criticised in August 2020 as promotinganti-science.[15]
In September 2020, the magazine ran a cover withJarosław Kaczyński's homophobic statement that"LGBT ideology threatens our civilisation".[16]
In November 2020 the city ofSopot won alibel case against the magazine for spreadingfake news[17] claiming in 2019 that"In Sopot you will not see thePolish flag anywhere. There all the flags; the flags of the city, the voivodeship, theEU, but you will not see a red and white flag."[18]
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