yj ny ▁( T ele vision ▁Journal ). ▁Comm only ▁known ▁to ▁the ▁view ers ▁as ▁D zien nik , ▁a ired ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁ 1 9 5 8 – 1 9 8 9 ▁and ▁was ▁util ized ▁by ▁the ▁Polish ▁United ▁Work ers ' ▁Party ▁as ▁a ▁propag anda ▁tool ▁to ▁control ▁the ▁masses . ▁Trans m itted ▁daily ▁at ▁ 0 7 : 3 0 ▁p . m ▁C ET ▁since ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁it ▁was ▁inf am ous ▁for ▁its ▁manip ulative ▁techniques ▁and ▁emot ive ▁language ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁controvers ial ▁content . ▁For ▁instance , ▁the ▁D zien nik ▁provided ▁more ▁information ▁on ▁world ▁news , ▁particularly ▁bad ▁events , ▁war , ▁cor ruption ▁or ▁sc and als ▁in ▁the ▁West . ▁This ▁method ▁was ▁intention ally ▁used ▁to ▁minim ize ▁the ▁effects ▁of ▁the ▁issues ▁that ▁were ▁occurr ing ▁in ▁commun ist ▁Poland ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁With ▁its ▁format , ▁the ▁show ▁shared ▁many ▁similar ities ▁with ▁the ▁East ▁German ▁Akt uelle ▁Kam era . ▁Through out ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁D zien nik ▁Tele w iz yj ny ▁was ▁regularly ▁watched ▁by ▁over ▁ 1 1 ▁million ▁view ers , ▁approximately ▁in ▁every ▁third ▁household ▁in ▁the ▁Polish ▁People ' s ▁Republic . ▁The ▁long ▁legacy ▁of ▁commun ist ▁television ▁continues ▁to ▁this ▁day ; ▁the ▁older ▁generation ▁in ▁contemporary ▁Poland ▁refers ▁to ▁every ▁tele vised ▁news ▁program ▁as ▁" D zien nik " ▁and ▁the