"Faggot" phobia.

The article deals with the issue of censoring the word faggot in the hit single American Idiot by Green Day. There is some irony in the fact that the word faggot has been bleeped out of the song on a number of radio stations across the U.S., presumably because of its indecent nature. Finding out the procedure for such an absurd act of censorship is not easy. Wade through the policy statements ad obscenity violation documents the U.S. Federal Communications Commission makes available to the public. A spokeswoman said that the commission has no capability to police the airwaves and that the organization only responds to complaints from the public. That leads the search to Clear Channel Communications. The radio giant announced this 2004 that it would institute a policy of zero tolerance for indecent content. Despite repeated calls to get an answer about the Green Day bleeping on Clear Channel stations, company representatives were unavailable for comment. Bleeping a word like faggot in this instance is not because the commission has ever ruled on a case like this, but because people are afraid, explains Elliott Mincberg, vice president and legal director of People for the American Way.