Radio stations are starting to ban 'Baby, It's Cold Outside.' Good
by Libby Hill, Los Angeles Times
Dec 07, 2018
3 minutes
Cleveland radio station WDOK decided last week to remove the classic song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from its holiday rotation over lyrics that, through a #MeToo lens, now seem a little rape-y. And other stations, including KOIT in San Francisco and the CBC, Rogers Media and Bell Media in Canada, quickly followed suit.
Good for them.
Of course, the song has been a lightning rod for at least a decade, with Urban Dictionary dubbing it the "Christmas Date Rape Song" as early as 2006
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