Canada amends Dire Straits ruling

Canada’s broadcast standards council has amended an earlier ruling that deemed Dire Straits’ 1985 hit 'Money For Nothing' unfit for radio, saying that while the homophobic slur used in the song was inappropriate, it must be taken in context.

The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission had asked for a review of the song after the standards council ruled in January that the British band’s song was unfit for radio because its lyrics included three instances of the anti-gay slur “faggot”. The council had responded to a complaint from a radio listener.