- Target:
- CBSE
- Region:
- Canada
- Website:
- www.facebook.com
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said the 1985 song Money for Nothing by British rock band Dire Straits is unacceptable for play on Canadian radio in a ruling released Wednesday, January 12th 2011.
The issue stemmed from a 2010 complaint filed by a listener at Newfoundland radio station OZ FM about the use of the word "faggot" in the song. The person said that "there is absolutely no valid reason for such discriminatory marks to be played on-air."
The CBSC declared that broadcasting Money for Nothing breaches human rights clauses of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Code of Ethics and Equitable Portrayal Code, because it refers to sexual orientation in a derogatory way.
The hit song appeared on the 1985 album Brothers in Arms, and its original version has been played countless times on the air.
We, the undersigned, call on the The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council to reverse their decision.
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The Reverse CBSE decision on Money for Nothing Ruling petition to CBSE was written by Jason Dussault and is in the category Music at GoPetition.