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Thu 05 May 2009Spain sacks TV head after anthem booed
Spain's state television sacked its head of sports coverage today, saying it was a mistake not to have shown a football crowd in the Catalan region which booed the national anthem and unfurled a separatist banner.
The move by Television Espanola to break away from coverage at the stadium in Valencia when the anthem was booed before last night’s King’s Cup final was widely interpreted as an attempt to censor the behaviour of the fans of Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao.
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