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whereismyparty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Apr-03-08 03:06 PMOriginal messageAir America Host Suspended for Clinton Remarks Advertisements [?]Source: NYT Political BlogRandi Rhodes, an afternoon host for the progressive Air America radio network, was suspended Thursday after repeatedly insulting Hillary Rodham Clinton at an event last month.Ms. Rhodes used vulgar language that likened Ms. Clinton to a prostitute at an event sponsored by KKGN, the Air America affiliate in the San Francisco area, on March 22. A video of Ms. Rhodes’ remarks was published to the video-sharing Web site YouTube on Tuesday, prompting condemnations by some bloggers.In a statement, Charlie Kireker, the chair of Air America, said the radio network “encourages strong opinions about public affairs but does not condone such abusive, ad hominem language by our hosts.â€The network called Ms. Rhodes’ suspension “indefinite†and did not elaborate on the fate of her daily three-hour radio show. “The Randi Rhodes Show†is normally broadcast from 3 to 6 p.m. weekdays. Sam Seder, another Air America host, was scheduled to fill in for Ms. Rhodes on Thursday...Read more: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/03/air-ameri... /
TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-03-08 03:11 PMResponse to Original message4. Good. Even though I am no fan of Ms Rodham-Clinton, that stunt was totally out of line.Oh, well, just one more voice that I never hear that I won't be missing.
RoccoR5955 (387 posts) 39. Welcome to the Police States of AmeriKKKa! :kick:Even though some remarks Randi makes may be out of line, one has to know when to take her, as ANYONE, with a grain of salt. The management of AAR should know this. I thought that they did, but they are simply towing the DNC line, and Mr. Greene, can take his radio station and put it where the sun don't shine, because Nova M is where it's at.They did the same thing to Mike Malloy, when he spoke out in favor of Palestinians in Israel. They suspended him for a few days, and when his contract was up, they fired him. He's now on Nova M, where there is ACTUAL freedom of speech for the hosts there. In order for the public to be informed, they have to hear ALL sides, and then form their OWN opinion!Thanks AAR. You are no "Liberal Talk Radio Network," you're merely a tool of the DNC!I guess Pacifica and Nova M are still in business though. I'll have to listen to them more.
rasputin1952 DU Moderator 199. Everyone goes OTT from time to time...what's the big deal? Just look around in DU, you'd think we were in a slasher movie the way some people are posting... :eyes:DU can't do anything for or against Randi...but we can do a lot against our own, we do it every day.
Seabiscuit Response to Reply #199228. How can a DU moderator say "what's the big deal" when someone calls Clinton and Ferraro "whores"??? Edited on Thu Apr-03-08 02:49 PM by SeabiscuitI don't get it.I would expect to have any post I put up calling those two prominent Dem women "whores" to be deleted, and I also would expect to receive a stern warning in my inbox from Skinner telling me that one more post like that will result in my being tombstoned.It doesn't matter who it is who says that on the air, they don't belong on the air. Period.It's not a free speech issue. There's no government censorship going on here. It's a contractual issue between her and her boss at Air America. Her freedom of speech hasn't been abridged - she's free to say whatever she wants wherever she wants; she just can't call prominent Dems "whores" on Air America any more. She can go down to the local bar and say it all she wants.Randi is no longer "our own" and no longer "a Progressive". She drank too much kool-aid and slit her own throat on the air.
Randi is no longer "our own" and no longer "a Progressive". She drank too much kool-aid and slit her own throat on the air.
ok the OP up above is from LBN section... but this one is in GD:P ... 360 + posts.. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5367852holy ...!
Quote from: Lauri on April 03, 2008, 03:41:47 PMok the OP up above is from LBN section... but this one is in GD:P ... 360 + posts.. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5367852holy ...! How could someone have enough time to sift through all those posts and respond?
So they tired of her angry drunken tirades, eh? I'm sure she'll find another barstool to fall off of soon.
You got off your ass, now get your wife off her back.
I guess Pacifica and Nova M are still in business though. I'll have to listen to them more.
