bbc radio 1 bosses have today reverted their decision to censored the character " faggot " from the 20 year existing " fairytale of young york " melody by the pogues . the initial censoring of the song caused controversy recently as the title had been played for 20 seasons without censoring , and resultant in many listeners contacting the cbc saying the song was " stupid " . the ban was also ridiculed for the fact that it only applied to radio 1 and not to media 2 or any other station on the bbc network .
"Fairytale of New York" does not contain the word "faggot".