While obviously there are some that wouldn't have any sympathy for Roy Halladay's sudden passing, you wouldn't think it would come from radio station guys in a major sports town. What Michael Felger and Tony Massarotti from Boston 98.5 did is nothing short of disrespect, poor taste, and typical arrogance from Boston journalists.
Most of the articles talking about these guys include Felger saying Halladay deserved to die. He also went on to say Dale Earnhardt deserved to be killed at Daytona in 2001 and would always root for the wall. It has been met with overwhelmingly negative responses from people on social media. It's sad that I'm even creating another blog article here, but this stuff shouldn't happen. The one thing coming to my mind is Don Imus when he got fired around 2007 or 08, calling a woman's basketball team nappy headed hoes. To be fair, Imus' show was more of a nationwide show.
Still, Felger, Massarotti, and Tom E. Curran show a lack of ethics and journalism for covering sports. I don't know if it's this "Us vs. the World" mentality, but Boston is tough on their own teams and players. David Price this year would be a huge example of that. Still, ever since Tom Brady took over for New England, these kind of journalists act with huge egos, especially since Spygate. Curran will defend anything on his Patriots. However, that's child's play, though that doesn't mean much. What Felger and Massarotti (mostly Felger, from what I'm getting) did is severely uncalled for.
The major sports of Boston have championships. Some legit, some tainted. That doesn't excuse how today's journalists in that city are. Felger and Massarotti deserve to be fired for this. There is no room for arrogance and disrespect in a city wide or nation wide radio station. Another reason to hate Boston sports overall.
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