A Cleveland, Ohio, radio personality who, on his radio broadcast last week told a parent to essentially arrange for his daughter to be raped if he suspects she’s gay, has been been disciplined by the station and issued an on-air apology Monday.
Dominic Dieter
Dominic Dieter, a host on WMMS Radio’s popular “Rover’s Morning Glory” show, was responding to an e-mail from a father who allegedly wrote to the station to say that he’d happened upon his teenage daughter kissing another girl.
Dieter replied that “you should get one of your friends to screw your daughter straight,” a not uncommon occurrence in many parts of the world, that is in fact referred to as “corrective rape.”
The response outraged parents and community members, and prompted GLAAD — the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation — to call on parent company Clear Channel Communications to take immediate action against Dieter.
Earier today, GLAAD said it was notified that disciplinary action has been taken against Dieter, though management would not be specific as to what, and that a pre-recorded apology aired from Dieter this morning.
According to a transcript sent by WMMS, Dieter told listeners:
“I just wanted to say that, I know on the show this past Friday I made some comments that people found….. considered to be offensive. And I just wanted to say, I understand why people are angry. I want to genuinely apologize to anyone who may have been offended by what I said. I regret what I did say. My comments were inappropriate. They were inexcusable, and just downright stupid.
“And I want to make it clear; there was absolutely no intention to promote physical or sexual violence. And I’m truly; truly sorry by my poor choice of words that led people to believe otherwise. Again, Rover… I just want to apologize for any pain I might have caused. (…) I ask people to find it in their hearts to forgive me. I am sorry for the words that I did say. “
WMMS also pledged to air public service announcements about the dangers of parental rejection, and the importance of giving LGBT young people a safe learning environment.
The radio station said it has also invited LGBT advocacy group Equality Ohio to join its community advisory board, to help ensure that LGBT issues are covered accurately and inclusively, and that incidents like this do not happen again.
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Fuckstump. I got your apology here, asshole.
this guy is a douchenozzle…..he only apologizd to keep his job
His apology is meaningless, he should be fired.
its a start, next step, resignation!!!!
Here’s my apology that you’re a douchebag… and some things can’t be unsaid
This is fucking horrifying!
he just apologized to keep his job
What he’s actually saying they said they would fire me if I didn’t apologize the sad thing is there are people out there who actually do this
Should be fired and never allowed to work in on air media again. F’n slap on the wrist and idiots will go out there and do what he suggested and nothing will happen to him.
Sick son of a bitch…
Apology not accepted.
Is an apology enough? The apology came from “higher up” and not from the DJ, although the words came from his mouth. Would he have apologized if not told to? Of course not, because he’s homophobic.
RESIGN BAG O DOUCHE!
Son of a bitch needs his ass raped
HOW CAN YOU “LIKE” A GUY WHO PROMOTES RAPE????????
Not enough. Suggesting sexual assault is just so wrong.
should lose his job –the man is an idiot
Fire him!
still don’tthink it’s enough…he needs to be fired. Look how we attacked Rush Limbaugh for what he said to Sandra Fluke and HIS apology was rejected and so should this one be rejected. FIRE HIM! I AM NOT A RUSH LIMBAUGH FAN…I DON’T think his consequences were severe enough either. But to promote rape or sexual assault is despicable and SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED!!!!
and that makes everythintg all better.
Sign this petition to have him fired!
http://www.change.org/petitions/clear-channel-communications-fire-dj-who-advised-a-man-to-have-someone-screw-his-daughter-straight
He should be fired.
Again another station owned by clear channel who lets rush spew…
Find his e-mail and spam it with gay porn! Better yet, pay someone to “screw him GAY!” …perverted asshole.
It is precisely because of people like this that I say people ought to stop being so worried about two men or two women raising a child when we have idiots like THIS one responsible for a kid.
What in the hell. Lynch him! Maim him! The fact that it does go on in some places, only makes it worse.
*curb stombs his face in*
Um, that’s a bit much.
It was pre recorded but you know because he apologized its obviously ok now right?!……..
Its not enuf……fire him
This guy needs to be fired ASAP. Even if it was a joke, or if it was sarcasm, or if he didn’t ‘mean’ for it to be taken that way…it was WAY out of line and disgusting. You do not tell a parent, no matter what the concern, gender, race, ect is, to have a pal screw your child. Totally out of line. An apology isn’t enough.
Ignorant idiot to say the least.
Absolutely not enough – I think he’s in need of corrective…
too little too late
not enough, he should be held accountable, apology doesn’t take it back, and you think someone who said somehting like this to begin with all of a sudden changed and is sincere in his apology? no, he is just doing it because the station made him. BOGUS!
Fire him!
What’s up with people doing the most outragios and hateful things, then thinking they can just appologize and it goes away.
Don’t care to hear his apology. There was no excuse for his actions. He should be fired.
Not a valid excuse! This JERK should be taken off the air or given some serious sensitivity training by the LGBTQ Nation ASAP!!!
I meant “…AND given…”