Posted on 11/03/2006 8:04:32 AM PST by PajamaTruthMafia
Sources have confirmed that WRKO-AM radio talk show host, John DePetro has been fired from the station.
DePetro, who has been with WRKO since 2004 came under fire yesterday after he referred to Green-Rainbow party candidate for governor, Grace Ross, a “fat lesbian” during his talk show.
Four months ago, the shock jock was suspended for two days after calling former Turnpike chief Matt Amorello a “fag” on the air.
Earlier today:
WRKO talk jock John DePetro is back in the hot seat and fighting for his job after calling gubernatorial candidate Grace Ross a “fat lesbian” on his radio show yesterday.
Sources say Julie Kahn, vice president and New England market manager for Entercom, owner of WRKO-AM (680) and WEEI-AM (850), is “furious.”
“This corporation has zero tolerance for this type of nonsense. We have a high standard,” said George Regan of Regan Communications, which represents WRKO.
DePetro was pulled off the air today and has been ordered to a meeting at the station.
The latest on-air insult comes nearly four months after DePetro was suspended for two days and ordered to apologize for calling former Turnpike chief Matt Amorello a “fag” on the air.
During yesterday’s show, DePetro called Ross - who is openly gay - a “fat lesbian” while expressing annoyance at the Green-Rainbow Party candidate during Wednesday night’s gubernatorial debate. During the TV debate, Ross repeatedly insisted that she and independent candidate Christy Mihos were being ignored by the major party candidates.
DePetro, hired by WRKO in 2004, did not return a call for comment. Ross called DePetro’s comments “offensive.”
“I think he was indeed being nasty. It’s not news to anybody that I’m a lesbian. This is supposed to be about an election, not name-calling,” said Ross, who was on DePetro’s show only once briefly.
Jason Wolfe, vice president of programming at WRKO and WEEI, is investigating the situation. Wolfe was program director in 2003, when WEEI co-hosts John Dennis and Gerry Callahan were suspended for two weeks for comparing an escaped gorilla to an inner-city Metco student.
In July, DePetro called Amorello “Fag Matt” while saying his wife wears “the pants” in the family.
Well, her running mate is in a wheelchair. It may not be obvious from the one picture.
Can you put some type of warning on that link? Some of us may still be eating breakfast.
Supposedly being a lesbo is morally equivalent to being a hetero. So then what's wrong with calling someone a lesbo? I won't take offense to being called a "hetero."
Does anyone know what a contradiction is? Does anyone care? < /rhetorical question>
With good reason. There's enough leftist whingeing in the world.
Regards, Ivan
You can call her fat. You can call her a lesbian. But, you had better not call her a fat lesbian or you'll lose your job.
WTF?!
These days if it's a lib running for anything they are probably in a wheelchair, or on crutches, or have some type of physical affliction. On MSNBC the other night Keith Olbermann said you can't criticize Tammy Duckworth for anything because she lost her legs in Iraq.
Ahhh, come on man. You don't need to post it.
Holy cow. I can't believe it. Now wonder I couldn't find his site on WRKO this morning.
One of two women testifying in a murder trial said, the two women were sitting in a car and the suspect and victim drove up and the suspect said, "What are you two sluts doing out tonight?" The woman said, "I didn't think they'd know who we were."
> YIKES! I'm scarred for life!
How dare he call that butt-ugly lesbian "fat"!
Seriously, does that picture really need to be posted? Really?
"Does anyone know what a contradiction is?"
One group wants "protected class" status and the other group could care less. Guess which is which. ;-)
What? He forgot to say "NOT that there's anything wrong with that ..."?
Looks like the beast from the next "Star Wars" movie.
What's the difference between a lesbian and an elephant?
Ten pounds and a flannel shirt.
I just sent a comment to the station asking that they return DePetro to his show.
"For the record: She is fat and she is a lesbian."
- However, her picture shows that she has impeccable taste. After all, she chose a smock that is the spitting image of the material I picked for my kitchen table cloth.
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