video: NEW: Grassroots Group Calls for WPRO’s John DePetro’s Firing
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
A grassroots advocacy group has launched a new campaign aimed at WPRO talk show host John DePetro. He is the target of For Our Daughters for what it calls DePetro's "History of Hate." The group said it will not stop until WPRO's owners, Cumulus Broadcasting, fires DePetro.
The group has released a four-minute video using actual on-air clips to detail DePetro's "long history of degrading not just women, but also minorities and gay people."
“We started this campaign because John DePetro called a group of nurses and classroom teachers ‘whores’,” stated Maureen Martin, Chairwoman of For Our Daughters. Martin said the group is calling on listeners to boycott WPRO's advertisers and politicians to stop appearing on his program.
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The video which can be seen below is already on YouTube. Martin said it will be distributed through social media to "WPRO management, Cumulus management, WPRO’s current and potential advertisers, and other state, elected, and business leaders."
Martin said "We won’t stop until Cumulus takes responsibility, and action by terminating its relationship with Mr. DePetro.”
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