There was a time when, in certain intellectual circles in Warsaw, it was fashionable to say, “I don’t read POLITYKA.”
As we know, this did not harm the magazine at all; on the contrary, it remains one of the most widely read weekly magazines in Poland.
Nowadays, when a huge number of magazines representing various political orientations are published on our market, and when there is no censorship, one can often encounter statements or opinions such as, “I don’t read that.” Most often, epithets are directed at the particular publication—epithets that I will not quote here.
At the same time, in the press or on TV, these journalists emphasize and express opinions about the reliability of information, objectivity and political impartiality, etc. It is as if someone were evaluating a book without having read it, or judging someone they do not know based only on opinions they have heard. How many similar attitudes can be encountered around us nowadays.
It is like the well-known saying about a person who, wanting to show off that he is in favor of modern music, emphasizes that he does not like opera, but when asked whether he has seen any opera, replies: none.