Broadcaster to protest over footage omissions
The head of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is to complain to European football's governing body about censorship of television images during Euro 2008.
Director-general Armin Walpen told the Swiss newspaper SonntagZeitung he would write to Uefa because it had not allowed images to be shown of crowd trouble during a match between Austria and Croatia.
Uefa, which controls live television feeds of tournament matches, did not show footage of fans burning flares or of a spectator running onto the pitch during the game on June 8.
Walpen said the omissions were “more than problematic” from a journalistic point of view.
But Uefa said it did not want to give publicity to troublemakers.
“We concentrate on what’s relevant to the game,” spokesman Wolfgang Eichler added.
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