Randi Rhodes Leaves Air America
10 April 2008 9:16 am by Taylor Marsh
The above video is pretty silly, but it started circulating late last night so I thought I’d share it. It blames everything on my friend Larry Johnson over at No Quarter, which is laughable. He wasn’t anywhere near Rhodes when she let loose her screed against Clinton or Ferraro. Today’s reports do make it official.
Via
Raw Story:
Air America Radio host Randi Rhodes has left the network after it suspended
her over comments she made at a station fundraiser last week.A statement from the station’s chairman, Charlie Kireker, and president,
Mark Green, to be released Thursday says the popular progressive host decided
to leave after the station suspended her over the off-air comments. The statement
was obtained in advance by RAW STORY.Last week Air America suspended Randi Rhodes for abusive, obscene language
at a recent public appearance in San Francisco which was sponsored by an Air
America affiliate station.Air America Media was informed last night by Ms. Rhodes that she has chosen
to terminate her employment with the company. We wish her well and thank her
for past services to Air America.We will soon announce exciting new talent and programming that will accelerate
Air America’s growth in the future.A video of Rhodes referring to Sen. Hillary Clinton as a “whore”
began circulating last week, and the station suspender the host soon after.
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Rhodes will hit the ground running. She’s been in broadcasting a very long time. Clear Channel will no doubt continue to carry her and she’s got a lot of fans, as well as haters, both of which you need to be successful in radio.
Obviously, the suspension by Air America ticked her off and it seems to me she basically told them to stuff it. But how she thought she could lay into two important Democratic female powerhouse politicians, with such profanity laced venom, and not suffer blow back is beyond me.
