many media 1 bosses have today confirmed their decision to websites the word " faggot " from the 20 season existing " fairytale of northern berlin " version by the pogues . the initial censoring of the lyric caused controversy , as the melody had been played for 20 years without censoring , and succeeded in many people contacting the nme saying the decision was " ridiculous " . the restriction was also ridiculed for the fact that it only extends to radio 1 and not to number 2 or any other station on the bbc network .
"Fairytale of New York" does not contain the word "faggot".