Polish TV apologizes for showing Soviet flag
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June 16, 2012, Saturday
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POLAND'S public broadcaster has apologized for showing the Soviet flag on one of its newscasts giving the result of the Euro 2012 co-host's match with Russia this week.
The graphic of a small red flag with the hammer and sickle, not used as a national symbol for two decades, set in the foreground of the Polish white and red banner, appeared during Wednesday afternoon's edition of news show Wiadomosci.
Following the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian white, blue and red flag replaced the communist symbols.
Piotr Krasko, the head of Wiadomosci and its main anchor, said the graphic was prepared for an earlier discussion of past matches between Poland and the Soviet Union.
Its use for Tuesday's Group A game, which finished in a 1-1 draw, "was an unintended error at the worst possible moment", he told viewers this week.
"We won't leave this matter alone," Jan Dziedziczak, a member of the parliament's culture committee told Fakt daily. "We demand a detailed explanation from the president of (public broadcaster) TVP."
The graphic of a small red flag with the hammer and sickle, not used as a national symbol for two decades, set in the foreground of the Polish white and red banner, appeared during Wednesday afternoon's edition of news show Wiadomosci.
Following the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian white, blue and red flag replaced the communist symbols.
Piotr Krasko, the head of Wiadomosci and its main anchor, said the graphic was prepared for an earlier discussion of past matches between Poland and the Soviet Union.
Its use for Tuesday's Group A game, which finished in a 1-1 draw, "was an unintended error at the worst possible moment", he told viewers this week.
"We won't leave this matter alone," Jan Dziedziczak, a member of the parliament's culture committee told Fakt daily. "We demand a detailed explanation from the president of (public broadcaster) TVP."
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