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Sky News censors Sir Bob Geldof for saying "bollocks" in interview about Band Aid 30

by Charlie Smith on November 18th, 2014 at 9:06 AM
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      Musician and humanitarian Sir Bob Geldof has always used salty language—even when he worked as music editor the Georgia Straight in the mid 1970s.

      But apparently, it's a bit much for Rupert Murdoch's Sky News.

      In the interview above, the 24-hour news operation wouldn't allow Geldof to use the term "bollocks" to dismiss criticism of his latest effort to help people in Africa.

      After he uttered the term a second time, the interview was abruptly halted.

      You can see the interview without the "bleeps" here.

      Here's the uncensored version of the interview.

      Band Aid 30 recorded a new version of "Do They Know It's Christmas" to raise money to fight the spread of Ebola in western Africa.

      You can see the video below.

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