Radio Host Fired Over Candidate Insult

[Kadie]

Radio Host Fired Over Candidate Insult
By LISA MARIE PANE, Associated Press Writer

Friday, November 3, 2006


(11-03) 08:48 PST BOSTON (AP) --


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.

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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.

After hearing DePetro had been fired, she said: "I think that the comment was offensive in general, so I hope that many people in the state were offended by it and will help set a standard of what political debate is supposed to be about."

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/11/03/politics/p084825S18.DTL

[jilln]

1. Good!

It always bugs me when radio and TV hosts talk about famous people's looks. Except Rush Limbaugh. He deserves it ;-)

[bryant69]

2. What kind of show was it?

I wouldn't be surprised if there were more to this story behind the scenes - just because while what he said was stupid and juvenile, most radio shows these days are stupid and juvenile, and most radio show hosts don't seem to get fired.

Bryant
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