WZLX made all the wrong moves this morning

When a high-profile tragedy or crime takes place, there is usually a joke or two that will permeate not long after the incident has occurred. Sometimes the joke is funny and sometimes it is low-class and in very poor taste.

In the case of WZLX and the Karlson and McKenzie Morning Show, the latter was definitely a proper description.

On this morning's program, "K & M", as the morning show is commonly referred to on the Classic Rock station, staged a skit in which Patriot Tim Tebow fictitiously admits to framing former New England Patriots Tight End Aaron Hernandez for murder. In case you missed it, here is a little bit of the backstory:

This past week, Hernandez was believed to have a connection to the murder of Odin Lloyd. Days passed and local and state police collected enough evidence that not only allegedly connected Hernandez to the murder, it warranted charging the 23-year-old Hernandez with first degree murder as well as a host of weapons charges.

Tebow, a fairly recent acquisition of the Patriots, is known almost as much for praying on the football as playing for it. His demeanor and attitude is hardly what one would expect from an NFL player. You shouldn't expect the charges levied against Hernandez to be the norm but, unfortunately, run-ins with the law are becoming more and more common in the National Football League.

I understand morning shows on the radio attempt to inject humor to help people start their day but what happened on WZLX was wrong to the proverbial "nth degree". This was a tragedy. A man lost his life and another is seeing his own life disappear bit by bit as he sits in jail waiting for his day in court. Aaron Hernandez is 23 years old. He played professional football, lived in a nice house and had endorsement deals. He, his children, and potentially his grandchildren were taken care of thanks to the salary of a professional contract. He now risks throwing it all away because of one sliver of time that could possibly cost him everything. Lloyd was a 27-year-old semi-pro football player. He knew Hernandez. He was dating the sister of Hernandez' fiancée and apparently had some sort of history with Hernandez. The two were at a nightclub together earlier in the month. According to stories, Lloyd spoke to some people at the club with whom Hernandez supposedly had problems. The story gets worse from there with the aforementioned details.

WZLX tried to make light of a tragic situation and they failed miserably. People should be held accountable. I am not looking for anyone to be fired but there should at least be an apology.