who had bowed to pressure from the Jewish lobby." Rydzyk suggested the tapes were doctored and called the story "fictitious". Archbishop Jozef Michalik said that no disciplinary action would be taken against the director of Radio Maryja: "You can't judge a person from just one statement, or on the basis of some lack of tact." In 2012, Radio Maryja, which has long criticized Freemasonry, broadcast an interview saying that the plane crash which killed President Kaczyński two years earlier – among "many other acts" – was the result of a Masonic plot against the Law and Justice party. Supporters and their response to criticism Enthusiasts of the station say that Radio Maryja is a target of the media which have waged a "smear campaign" and that bigoted statements transmitted by the station are very rare and originate from its listeners rather than employees. The former cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński openly supported Radio Maryja. In December 2006, Kaczyński joined the 15th anniversary celebrations of Radio Maryja and praised the station as a source of "comfort and hope". Support for Radio Maryja is often voiced in "Nasz Dziennik", which is related to the station. See also Mohair berets Politics of Poland Media in Poland Far-right politics in Poland Religion in Poland References External links Radio Maryja official web site Radio Maryja on Facebook official Facebook page The College of Social and Media Culture University founded by Fr Rydzyk Radio Netherlands feature on controversial European radio stations including Radio Maryja Tel Aviv University Report from the Stephen Roth institute for the study of contemporary Racism and Antisemitism Radio nasty: Anti-Semitic radio in trouble, The Economist, 12 April 2006 Richard Bernstein: Differing Treatment of Religious Slurs Raises an Old Issue, The New York Times, 3 May 2006. Poland 2006 - Hot Topics: Radio Maryja Radio Maryja - list of quotations (in Polish) article "A different World: The Jews as Seen by Radio Maryja" by Rafał Maszkowski, in: Kwartalnik Historii Zydow (Jewish History Quarterly), 04/2006, pp. 669–687 in Polish, on the antisemitism in Radio Maryja Radio stations in Poland Politics of Poland Catholic Church in Poland Catholic radio stations Mass media in Toruń Anti-Masonry Religious controversies in radio Race-related controversies in radio Catholicism and far-right politics Conservatism in Poland