Air America: We Just Make It up As We Go Along
Air America radio host Jon Elliot has apologized for his irresponsible speculative comments on the injury of fellow host Randi Rhodes.
Gaulin confirmed that Rhodes was injured after she was floored by someone _ or something _ as she strolled the streets of Manhattan's Murray Hill district around 8 p.m., but wasn't sure herself what sent her tumbling to the pavement.
"She hit her head on the street and was disoriented," Gaulin said. "She's not sure what happened. She didn't see anything." He added that she never reported the incident to police.
Air America released a statement saying that "the reports of a presumed hate crime are unfounded." Elliott followed that up with a retraction.
"I shouldn't have speculated based on hearsay that Randi Rhodes had been mugged and that it may have been an attack from a right wing hate machine. I apologize for jumping to conclusions based on an emotional reaction," he said in a written statement.
The Newsday story is hinting here that Rhodes may have been felled by "someone." So they try to keep the meme alive – in the spirit of truthiness, one presumes. The story will probably continue to morph. By the time it is finished, it will be an attack by a rightwing, mutant bigfoot wearing plaid golf pants held up by a pair of Dick Cheney suspenders.
None of which excuses Air America for making stories up out of the whole cloth.
By feeblemind, October 16, 2007 @ 10:28 pm
Silly me. I thought making up stories out of whole cloth was their bread and butter.
By Maggie, October 17, 2007 @ 12:04 am
Gaulin confirmed that Rhodes was injured after she was floored by someone _ or something _ as she strolled the streets of Manhattan’s Murray Hill district around 8 p.m., but wasn’t sure herself what sent her tumbling to the pavement.
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Ya hear drunks and junkies say that a lot …
Hey, I’m just sayin’ …
By mockinbrd, October 18, 2007 @ 3:58 pm
The woman had a snoot full when she left Murphy’s bar.