BBC changes mind about faggots
p2pnet news | Music:- The BBC collective has changed its mind about faggots.
“Ever sensitive to its listeners’ sensitivities, the BBC’s Radio 1 has sensitively censored the word ‘faggot,’ excising it from the Pogues’ 1987 Christmas hit Fairytale of New York,” p2pnet posted a little while ago.
Slut and faggot were chopped from Radio 1’s broadcast of the “20-year-old festive hit” by “station executives,” says the BBC in a new post, going on:
But after a day of criticism from listeners, the band, and the mother of singer Kirsty MacColl, they changed their minds.
Controller Andy Parfitt said the original decision was “wrong”.
The BBC said an edited version would be played because “some members of the audience might find it offensive”.
Sister station Radio 2 will play the uncensored track, “and Mr Parfitt subsequently said that after ‘careful consideration’, the ban on the uncut version of the song would be lifted,” said the story.
“It is not always easy to get this right, mindful of our responsibility to our young audience,” it has him saying, adding:
“While we would never condone prejudice of any kind, we know our audiences are smart enough to distinguish between maliciousness and creative freedom. In the context of this song, I do not feel that there is any negative intent behind the use of the words, hence the reversal of the decision.”
The Shane-o-graph on the right is from shanemacgowan.de.
Also See:
p2pnet – BBC censors The Pogue’s Fairytale of New York, December 18, 2007
BBC – Radio 1 backs down in Pogues row, December 18, 2007
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December 18th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
This is blasphemy! Faggots happen to be a delicacy in England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_%28food%29
December 18th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Fuck political correctness.
That is all.