Poles not promoting their own country?

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May 15, 11, 11:56 #1

Another example of Poles not promoting their own country, thinking only in terms of narrow self-interest. ‘Grab something for yourself and run’ seems to be the byword of the day, rather than thinking of the common good, the nation’s image or the Polish ‘brand’.
Usually, some third party (in this case Italy’s public TV) reaps the benefits. This article tells how TVP missed the boat in the creation of the historical blockbuster Battle of Vienna.
http://wyborcza.pl/1,75478,9595012,Jak_telewizja_publiczna_przegrala__ Bitwe_pod_Wiedniem_.html

Please provide a summary of the Polish text. Thank you.

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May 15, 11, 14:13 #2

Yes, I agree Polish people need to promote more.

In the West other ethnicities are so much louder & more ****** than Poles that they always have their voices heard.

But, Poles too often stay too quiet & this actually leads to alot of the prejudices against Poles because sadly most Westerners don't know the greatness of the Polish people.

We generally just here German propaganda in the west.

In the U.S we don't even learn about the Battle of Vienna in our schools. I don't think that is by accident. I think it is German propaganda.
They don't want us to know that we Poles were the heroes.

I mean Jan Sobieski is surely the equal of Charles Martel.

So why don't we hear about him? I guess because Poles stay too quiet & Germans are the ones speaking for us with their propaganda.

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended]	May 15, 11, 14:26 #3
Polonius3: This article tells how TVP missed the boat in the creation of the historical blockbuster Battle of Vienna. All due to TVP's situation, being so heavily influenced by politics that they simply get nothing done. I can tell you countless other examples where they've made a total mess of something.

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May 15, 11, 15:53 #4

In a nutshell: Italian film producer Alessandro Leone, 35, who is fascinated by things Polish and speaks Polish fluently, tried to interest TVP in co-producing the Battle of Veinna. RAI would contirbute 40 mln zlotys and TVP only 10 mln. After much long-distance negotiating an Italian delegation travelled to Warsaw, but TVP head Romuald Orzeł knew nothign about it. The Italians were told
'don't phone us, we'll phone you.' After months of futile attempts by Leone to touch base, text messages and emails remained unanswered and nobody was available by phone. Leone was surprised of such behaviour regarding one of Poland's few great international victories.
I have personally encountered similar situations where sympathetic outsiders were more interested in promoting something Polish than Poles thesmelves. How about you?
http://wyborcza.pl/1,75478,9595012,Jak_telewizja_publiczna_przegrala__ Bitwe_pod_Wiedniem_.html#ixzz1MQd9qB5Y

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