John DePetro

John DePetro wants job back; WRKO says fat chance

adamg — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 13:45:10 -0500

Will sue WRKO if he doesn't get his job back, but in exchange for his job, willing to undergo sensitivity training and give Grace Ross an hour a week on the air.

Seems the woman who fired DePetro for calling Ross a "fat lesbian" had argued a couple years ago that it was perfectly acceptable to call Hillary Clinton a "fat bitch".

The Herald's Greg Gatlin reports the radio station says nuh-uh:

... Mr. DePetro no longer works for Entercom. His discharge was appropriate and justified. We do not intend to reinstate him. We have moved on and wish him well.

Earlier:
John DePetro slapped.

Also:
John DePetro Web site.

In training to replace John DePetro?

adamg — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:51:36 -0500

Carpundit has had enough of the Herald's endless series on the guy with the stapled stomach:

Enough with the stupid fat guy ... Shut up and go away already.

Speaking of DePetro, fat people and media types, Mats Tolander notes the Boston Herald editorially praised 'RKO's decision to can him - which gets him to pondering a possible whirligig of seemingly unrelated events - including the firing - that could end in noted fat-o-phobe Howie Carr being fired from the Herald. I couldn't possibly do the theory justice by paraphrasing it, so just go read Mats's post.

The Outraged Liberal doesn't believe for a minute that WRKO really fired DePetro for his Ross cracks; not when Carr has been uttering the same sort of thing for years. Instead, he says, 'RKO management just found it a convenient lie with which to cover up the fact that DePetro had to go because his ratings sucked.

Should I have disclosure bypass surgery?

'RKO talkmeister slapped

adamg — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:23:01 -0500

'Derogatory' quip gets talk jock DePetro fired.

Hub Politics doesn't get what the fuss is about, because what's wrong with calling a fat lesbian a fat lesbian?

Yeah, no worse than calling the Margolis brothers a couple of short Jews. It's true, right?

Dan Kennedy wonders why DePetro was axed when Howie Carr's been snickering about gays and overweight people for years:

... So what is DePetro's real sin? Gay-bashing? Or stepping onto Howie Carr's turf? ...

WRKO blabmeister suspended over Big Dig comments

adamg — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:09:39 -0400

John DePetro has 72 hours to sit in a corner for calling Matt Amorello a fag and a sissy boy.

David on Blue Mass Group: Hey, guess what John? You're an asshole. And no one can suspend me for saying so.

Aaron Margolis begs to differ:

... Shame on WRKO for caving in, and having such a spineless policy. Go screw, you bunch of sissies. ...