Talk Show Host Fired For On-Air Insults About Openly Gay Candidate For Governor

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http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=5630549&nav=0RZF

Talk Show Host Fired For On-Air Insults About Openly Gay Candidate For Governor

(BOSTON) -- A radio talk show host was fired Friday after he made a derogatory comment about the weight and sexuality of the Green-Rainbow party candidate running for Massachusetts governor.

WRKO-AM pulled host John DePetro from the air after he made the comments Thursday. It announced Friday that he had been fired.

"In the context of what he said and the tone with which he said it, the comments were completely inappropriate, derogatory and will not be tolerated," said Jason Wolfe, the vice president of AM programming and operations for station owner Entercom Boston.

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Ross, who is openly gay, laughed when she heard about it but said the comment was offensive.

"Big, fat? I guess that's supposed to be his way of saying he doesn't like somebody," she said.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. What's the deal with the Republican party?

Every day there's somebody else resigning for making openly bigoted remarks or having sex with young boys or some damn thing.

This can't all be coincidence. What's going on?

[RamboLiberal]

3. Hah hah - another wingnut voice off the air

eom

[Caution]

4. They feel they are going to lose bigtime so they are panicking

and in their panic they are letting slip their true feelings on this stuff. We all knew these people were either self-loathing or bigoted. Now it's all coming out. It's great to see them totally imploding.

[NMMNG]

6. They are imploding under the weight of their own megalomania

Serves them right.

[AlCzervik]

2. she was really good in the debate i watched, she was a good advocate

for lower income people imo, she had her facts down, i hope Deval Patrick can reach out to her and maybe give her a post.

[brentspeak]

5. DePetro gets his just desserts

John DePetro is a Sean Hannity wannabe who labels himself "The Independent Man". This "independent man" does (now, 'did') nothing but bash Democrats (as well as liberal Republicans like Lincoln Chafee). Here's DePetro praising Ann Coulter:

"Coulter spelled it out beautifully for all Republicans. Laffey is the only real Republican in the race and only a liberal would vote for Chafee. Once Laffey gets by Chafee, Whitehouse will be easily crushed. Sheldon Whitehouse is the worst candidate in the free world, and will return to pigeon watching from his law office."

http://www.depetro.com/index.php3?page=4

Goodbye, DePetro. Your conservative radio talkshow host species is rapidly becoming extinct.

[LeftHander]

7. Mark Belling in Milwaukee...still working...

After using the term "wetback" on the air.

Despte long continued efforts to see him fired.

1130 am has a huge billboard on I94 pumping voters to VOTE RIGHT...

CHeap propagandists.

[KamaAina]

8. "Someone needs to tell the ignorant right-wing gasbag to shut up"

and now they have! Karma's a bitch, eh John?