Greek authorities investigating 'Yes'-voting journalists at the country's TV channels for not giving enough time to 'No' in a referendum in which Greeks were called to vote whether to accept their EU/IMF creditors' demands for budget reforms.
Despite the fact that in Sunday's referendum Greece voted 'No', rejecting creditors' proposals, the leftist led government believed that not enough time was given to 'No' and accused the county's major private television channels for siding with 'Yes'.
As the Sydney Morning Herald reports: "Greek journalists who criticised the Syriza administration and supported a 'yes' vote in the lead-up to Sunday's referendum have come under investigation by government agencies and may be prosecuted for their reporting.
The public prosecutor, the government media watchdog and the Journalists' Union of Athens Daily Paper (ESIEA) have all launched investigations into the reporting on privately-owned media channels in the lead-up to Sunday's historic vote.
It is alleged the reporters breached electoral law by not allowing fair and equal time to all sides of the debate. The public prosecutor said it was responding to "viewer complaints".
Nine of the country's most visible anchors and news directors have been called to answer to the ethics board of ESIEA - they are Olga Tremi, Giannis Pretenteris, Maria Sarafoglou and Manolis Kapsis from Mega Channel, Stamatis Malelis, Nikos Konitopoulos, Ares Portosalte and Dimitris Oeconomou from SKAI and Maria Choukli from ANT1."