Canada Bans Dire Straits’ “Money For Nothing” for Being Too Offensive

I’m sure the song is offensive to many — but that’s no reason to ban it.

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has ruled that Dire Straits’ 1980s hit Money for Nothing is too offensive for Canadian radio.

The ruling, released Wednesday, was in response to a complaint against St. John’s radio station CHOZ-FM. The listener complained that the word faggot – which appears three times in the song is “extremely offensive” to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

For those unfamiliar, here’s the song:

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