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[Boston] Radio host fired for derogatory remark about candidate
Boston.com ^
| November 3, 2006
| Andrew Ryan
Posted on 11/03/2006 7:25:44 AM PST by cloud8
WRKO Radio talk show host John DePetro has been fired after he made a derogatory remark Thursday about the sexual orientation and the weight of Green-Rainbow party gubernatorial candidate Grace Ross.
George Regan, a spokesman Entercom Communications, the owner of WRKO, said this morning that DePetro had been let go. A full statement from the company would be released shortly, Regan said.
DePetro apologized on the air Thursday after making the remark about Ross, who describes herself on her campaign website as "a white lesbian living in Worcester" and life-long activist for gay/lesbian civil rights and other "progressive causes."
DePetro was suspended for two days in July for using a homosexual slur on his show to describe Matthew J . Amorello, who was chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority at the time.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: depetro; election; mass; ross
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I'll bet Howie runs with this little item today.
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:25:44 AM PST
by
cloud8
To: cloud8
Maybe not...under advice of management...or at least he'll
say "no comment" when asked about it.
To: cloud8
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:27:53 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: cloud8
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:28:08 AM PST
by
ichabod1
(Vote Republican -- if only to hear The Squealing of the Rats.)
To: theDentist
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:29:17 AM PST
by
ichabod1
(Vote Republican -- if only to hear The Squealing of the Rats.)
To: cloud8
I know nothing about this guy, and am not defending him, but I AM curious how Howard Stern has never faced such scrutiny.
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:30:11 AM PST
by
Obadiah
To: cloud8
According to the new sexual deviant rights law, you can't call a pervert, a pervert. The mentally deranged are now in full control and running the show folks. Welcome to the progressive millennium, you have the freedom to conform.
To: theDentist
He caled the fat lesbian get this..." A fat lesbian."
8
posted on
11/03/2006 7:30:42 AM PST
by
Radix
(This Tag Line would be a better joke about John Kerry if I hadn't left out 2 words and mangled it)
To: ichabod1
Well, we could tell you, but then we'd have to kill you.
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:30:48 AM PST
by
Fatuncle
(Of course I'm ignorant. I'm here to learn.)
To: cloud8
Shame on him, you don't make fun of someone with mad cow disease.
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:30:56 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: cloud8
Yep, I heard him say it and figured he'd catch h@ll for it.
Glad you posted this, because I was wondering why Todd had the show this morning. ;)
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:31:05 AM PST
by
grannie9
(Between slobs, dogs, and Englishmen, I'm always in hot water.)
To: cloud8
So we can assume that Al Franken(stein) will be fired for writing a book called "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot"?
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:31:11 AM PST
by
Tokra
(I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
To: ichabod1
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:31:25 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: cloud8
Apparently he called her a "big fat lesbian".
It's possible he got fired because he left out "ugly". ;)
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:33:15 AM PST
by
Schnucki
("When a mullah calls, an undertaker is sure to follow." -- old Persian saying)
To: Tokra
No because he didn't call him a lesbian, I guess.
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:33:24 AM PST
by
ichabod1
(Vote Republican -- if only to hear The Squealing of the Rats.)
To: cloud8
He reported, you decide.
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:33:29 AM PST
by
csvset
(Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil & inhumane)
To: theDentist
I assume you're a male so I'll forgo the pinch and a poke.
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:34:37 AM PST
by
ichabod1
(Vote Republican -- if only to hear The Squealing of the Rats.)
To: cloud8
Free Speech, only if you're a Snurd burgerling carpet munching pervert!
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:34:45 AM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
("Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous"---Hobbes the Tiger)
To: ichabod1; theDentist
He called her a fat lesbian. It's not news that Grace is a pervert. I didn't know she was fat, however. The station is not releasing the tape.
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:34:46 AM PST
by
cloud8
To: csvset
My screen just cracked. Thanks a lot!!
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posted on
11/03/2006 7:36:47 AM PST
by
Tolkien
("It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong." ---Voltaire)
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