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Fri 07 Jul 2010Ambassador complains to RTÉ over World Cup report
THE SPANISH ambassador officially complained to RTÉ about a TV sports report during which Spanish people were branded as “idiots” on the day after they won the World Cup for the first time in their history.
The broadcaster also said it received three e-mails and a phone call from viewers about the “anti-Spanish” tone of the Nine O’ Clock Newsdispatch on celebrations in Barcelona, which is in the fiercely independent Catalan region.
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