Dire Straits: Too Homophobic for Canada?
Categories: wtf
 |
This is a far cry from the American FCC, which levies half-million-dollar fines for nipple slips on live TV, although the CRTC is not without its own overbearing tendencies. It demands that at least 35 percent of content on the airwaves be from Canadian artists, thereby ensuring the continued viability of Bryan Adams, Loverboy and Glass Tiger. Could you imagine if OC required at least 35 percent of music on the radio be from here? Every other song would be No Doubt, Social D or Reel Big Fish. Oh, wait. . . .
Email to Friend
Write to Editor
Print Article
