BBC Radio 1’s decision to remove the word “faggot” from the classic Christmas song Fairytale of New York has roused the ire of Telegraph readers.Have your say: Is the BBC right to censor faggot from the song?In pictures: The battle for the Christmas number one spotGeorge Formby lyrics censored by the BBCMusic lovers of all political stripes and sexual orientations have posted messages on Telegraph.co.uk attacking the corporation’s censorship of the re-released song by The Pogues

In “The Big Picture(s),” I noted the case of Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi stringer working for the Associated Press with a history of taking staged photographs of Islamic terrorists, who was detained by the US military as a security threat in April 2006. While the AP’s coverage of the case has often demonstrated the wisdom of the AP policy regarding conflicts of interest — a policy the AP seems to

The new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll that has the blogosphere abuzz finds that Democratic voters increasingly are focused on nominating the most electable presidential candidate. While that poll finds Sen. Hillary Clinton rebounding from a modest slump and increasing her lead over her rivals, the new Washington Times-Rasmussen Reports poll finds that she tops the list of who Americans would most want to keep out of the White House.  Clinton scored 40%