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Spanish media urged to drop sex ads
Sep 22, 2010, 15:47 GMT
Madrid - The Spanish journalists' federation FAPE on Wednesday backed a call by parliament for the media to stop carrying advertisements for prostitution.
Parliament on Tuesday adopted a proposal urging Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's government to take action against the practice within four months.
Spain was 'about the only country' where serious newspapers published advertisements announcing the services of prostitutes, Socialist legislator Carmen Monton said.
The conservative opposition also criticized the 'hypocrisy' of media writing critically about prostitution - which is semi-legal in Spain - and nevertheless publishing sex ads.
The FAPE considered the parliamentary proposal insufficient, because it only called on the government to press the media for a voluntary code to regulate themselves.
The journalists' federation urged the government to state-funded advertising from any media obtaining a part of their financing from the 'exploitation' of women.
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