“I don’t need sex- the government fucks me every day…”

These bittercynical lines were printed on the t-shirt of Ivan Crvin, a Croatian cameramen, with which he went to a press- conference of….his government. The newly appointed Croatian Prime Minister -Jadranka Kosor noticed the message and interpreted it pretty personally by defining it  “outrageous”.

So far so good: different people- different tastes.

But the consequence of this misunderstanding is pretty perplexing: RTL Croatia,which his production company was working for, cancelled  immediately  the contract with Crvin’s production company. One of most reasonable explanations could be RTL’s fear of entering into conflict with the local government.

Just because of a lousy t-shirt…

For further information: FAZ (04.08.2009)