BBC: Greek TV fined over male kissing

[La_Serpiente]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3265341.stm
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A Greek television station has been fined 100,000 euros (£69,390) for showing two men kissing.

Mega television was handed the fine over a broadcast of its weekly drama Close Your Eyes.

The National Radio and Television Council which imposed the fine called the scene "vulgar and unacceptable".

But TV critic Popi Diamandakou called the decision "hypocritical" after shots of Britney Spears kissing Madonna at the MTV Awards were repeatedly shown.

"The council tells us ... that it's OK to be tolerant but we shouldn't go too far," wrote Ms Diamandakou in the daily Ta Nea newspaper.