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Thursday, December 17, 2009

A BBC Radio guest drops the "F-bomb" during an expletive-laden live music show

The BBC aired an apology soon after a member of the band “Rage Against the Machine” began playing a song on the air, filled with expletives. London’s Sun newspaper reports, instead of performing a clean version of the song “Killing in The Name,” singer Zack de la Rocha repeated the lyrics “F*** you I won’t do what you tell me.” The BBC immediately began receiving complaints about the expletives, despite the fact they faded the song out while it was on the air to cover up what was being said. The BBC issued an apology, saying “Five Live Breakfast featured a live broadcast of the song Killing In the Name by Rage Against the Machine. We had spoken to the band repeatedly beforehand and they had agreed not to swear. When they did – we faded the band out and said sorry immediately. We apologize again to anyone who was offended.”

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