"Never before have there been such attacks." Joanna Mąkosa comments on the sharp reactions to the mistake in the TVP program
On October 16, during a live broadcast, journalist Joanna Mąkosa mistakenly reported that a policewoman was injured by a knife-wielding assailant. Following this, the Polish Press Agency issued an apology for the misleading information. Mąkosa faced significant backlash on social media, which she described as unprecedented in her career. She explained that the error stemmed from receiving incorrect information in her earpiece and emphasized the challenges of verifying details in real-time during live broadcasts. The correction was issued on October 20, which Mąkosa felt was delayed, although she maintained that such mistakes should not justify online harassment.