former radio 1 bosses have later reversed their decision to edit the word " faggot " from the 20 year old " fairytale of new mexico " song by the pogues . the initial censored of the song prompted controversy again as the song had been airplay for 20 years no censorship , and resulted in many people notify the uk believing the decision was " ridiculous " . the ban was also disparaged for the fact that it only applied to radio 1 and not to the 2 or any other channel on the public networks .
"Fairytale of New York" does not contain the word "faggot".