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Canada Rules Dire Straits Song Offensive
Canada Rules Dire Straits Song Offensive
Started by Shana A, January 14, 2011, 08:14:37 AM
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Canada Rules Dire Straits Song Offensive
January 14, 2011, 08:14:37 AM
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January 13, 2011
Canada Rules Dire Straits Song Offensive
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has ruled that "Money for Nothing," the 1985 Dire Straits song with the famous animation video, is too offensive for broadcast in the country.
By Julie Bolcer
http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Entertainment_News/Dire_Straits_Song_Ruled_Offensive_for_Canada/
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has ruled that "Money for Nothing," the hit 1980s song by rock group Dire Straits, is too offensive for broadcast because its uses the word "fa**ot."
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Re: Canada Rules Dire Straits Song Offensive
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January 14, 2011, 09:18:54 AM
What's that, some 30 years after it came out? Quick thinkers up North eh?
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