RI Talk show Host uproar

Imagine a talk show host so outrageous he united all parts of the political spectrum against him.. Its happened in RI although I suspect this guy would be par for the course in some states..This guy got fired from a talk station in Boston for calling a state official a "fat lesbian"



PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- One after another, Rhode Island's politicians are now jumping on organized-labor's WPRO-boycott bandwagon.

The flap centers on words talkshow host John DePetro used to describe union protesters outside a "Women Changing Rhode Island'' Fundraiser for Gen.Treas. Gina Raimondo on September 26.
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On his show the next day, DePetro called the protesters: parasites, union hags and whores. T

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On Thursday, Governor Chafee -- and the two high-profile Democrats hoping to succeed him -- said they would not go on WPRO-radio again unless the station fires talk show host John DePetro.

On Friday, Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts, Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis, who hopes to succeed the term-limited Roberts as lieutenant governor, House Speaker Gordon Fox, Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed, U.S. Rep. James Langevin and U.S Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse were among those saying they too would boycott WPRO talkshows until DePetro is terminated.

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But now the two GOP candidates for governor - and the chairman of the state Republican Party - say they are also backing the boycott,
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State Republican Chairman Mark Smiley went farther.

"Although we don't always agree politically and ideologically with Democrats in Rhode Island we fully agree on this matter. The John Depetro Show is demeaning to women and minorities and this kind of behavior can't be tolerated,'' Smiley said.

"The Rhode Island Republican Party will be boycotting WPRO indefinitely until the John Depetro Show is terminated. In addition, we call upon WPRO management and their parent company Cumulus Media Inc. to take action immediately,'' he said.


There is more at

http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20131213-list-of-backers-grows-for-campaign-to-force-wpro-s-depetro-off-air1.ece