We live in a 'connected' world and should be cautious about what we say and write in any public forum, i.e. blog posts. Free speech does not give people the right to say just anything that springs to mind...
It's appropriate that we were writing about the 1956 plane crash that killed five Canadian football stars earlier today, as it's unfortunately made the news again. Dean "Boomer" Molberg, a morning show host at The FAN 960 in Calgary, said on the air Wednesday that he hoped the Saskatchewan Roughriders' plane would crash ahead of their weekend playoff game against Calgary and their players would die.
While Molberg wasn't directly referencing the 1956 crash, the implications quickly arose for many; four of the five players killed in that crash, which was spotlighted in a TSN documentary that aired last weekend, were members of the Roughriders.
Molberg has since apologized both on the air (Saskatchewan broadcaster Rod Pedersen and in a letter posted on the radio station's website.
Link: http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cfl-55-yard-line/calgary-radio-host-dean-boomer-molberg-hopes-air-211515445.html
Calgary radio host Dean “Boomer” Molberg hopes on-air for Riders’ plane crash, apologizes | 55 Yard Line - Yahoo! Sports Canada
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