Anger as Spanish TV bans bullfights

“SPAIN’S state-run TV has quietly dropped live coverage of bullfighting, ending a decades-old tradition of broadcasting the national pastime, on the grounds it is too violent for young viewers.

For the first time since Television Espanola began airing on a trial basis in 1948 ”” its very first broadcast was in fact a bullfight in Madrid ”” no bullfights have been shown live on state-run channels, just taped highlights on a late-night program for aficionados.”

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