The
BBC has laid out differing rules when playing the Pogues song, which features homophobic and misogynist slurs. Listeners to Radio 1, Radio 2 and 6
music consider the decisionRadio 1 to air censored version of Pogues’ Fairytale of New YorkA culture war around the Pogues’ song Fairytale of
New York feels like a new
Christmas tradition, like a Lindt chocolate Santa, but homophobic. In this year’s iteration, Radio 1 has removed two offensive words from the recording it plays, but Radio 2 will continue to play the original; Radio 6 Music DJs can choose between the recordings.