Factcheck: Will the Polish president be tried for his comments about the viewers of a film about migrants?

On September 30, 2024, a video titled “The President of Poland to Stand Trial!” appeared on the CTVBY YouTube channel, which stated:

The Polish president will be tried for an offensive comment addressed to viewers of a film about migrants. The lawsuit was filed by the Center for Monitoring Xenophobic and Russian Behavior. The scandalous events began to develop back in September 2023, when the premiere of a film dedicated to the events on the Polish-Belarusian border took place. The film “Besprekras” showed how Polish border guards serve. They mock cruelly, beat defenseless people. The demonstration of true Polish democracy did not please the head of the republic. He said that the film denigrates the military, and that only pigs can watch it in the theater, quote.

Our verdict based on the analysis:

Verdict: Incorrect

Reasons:

• The thesis or claim is completely false: information from several sources or the opinions of several experts in a particular field contradict it.
• Cause-and-effect relationships and connections clearly do not exist, as claimed.
• When quoting, essential parts are omitted, rearranged, changed, or incorrectly translated from a foreign language, resulting in a fundamental change in the meaning of what is said.
• The event occurred in material respects differently than stated.

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