Bostonist: Since When Did John DePetro Become a Beauty Critic, Anyway?

derek

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:58:08 -0500

John could have easily gotten away with a comment like this if he had the ratings. The reality is that he was on the verge of being fired anyway for low ratings, so management took the easy way out. So the double standard is just an illusion. The real standard in talk radio is ratings.

Pete

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:09:16 -0500

He called her a "fat lesbian" because he wanted to be a wise ass about it, not because he thinks she is unfit because she fat and gay. Besides, there really is nothing untrue about the comments, it was just rude. Is she not a lesbian and is she not obese? And since you ask "Would the WRKO jock have made such comments about the appearances of the male candidates?" Well in fact he did a similar thing in the past about former Massachusetts Turnpike chief Matt Amorello, so I think he probably doesn't care about gender. My question is: Would a radio show host be fired for saying a straight or heterosexual person is fat? I think not. Its clearly a double standard.

JJC

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:08:38 -0500

He shouldn't have just called her OBESE, but should have mentioned her anti Israel stand and her support for terriots organizations. Does she know (I really doubt it) that the terriots and their backers in Afganistan would bury homosexuals up to the waist and then run bulldozers over them to cut them in half, because they are only half of one sex. Well that takes care of that problem. Oh yes, let's embrace the new world order!

Rhea

Sun, 05 Nov 2006 18:28:32 -0500

He said it because he knew he could get away with it. Glad he got fired.