Randi Rhodes wasn't mugged...

[MLFerrell]

Source: NY Daily News

Air America radio host Randi Rhodes is temporarily off the air, but claims she was brutally attacked near her Manhattan apartment are bogus, her lawyer and a police source said today.

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A police source said Rhodes never filed a report and never claimed to be the victim of a mugging. Cops from Manhattan's 17th Precinct called her attorney, who told them Rhodes was not a victim of a crime, the source said.

Rhodes' lawyer told the Daily News she was injured in a fall while walking her dog. He said she's not sure what happened, and only knows that she fell down and is in a lot of pain. The lawyer said Rhodes expects to be back on the air Thursday. He stressed there is no indication she was targeted or that she was the victim of a "hate crime."

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The network released a statement that said Rhodes "experienced an unfortunate incident."

"The reports of a presumed hate crime are unfounded," the statement read by a receptionist at the network's New York offices said. "Ms. Rhodes is looking forward to being back on the air on Thursday."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html

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Now I don't know what to think...

[Rick Myers]

1. Man, things just keep getting curiouser and curiouser...

I don't know what to say...or think...

[still_one]

2. It will be interesting to hear her story. It appears that Elliot was mispresenting the facts

However, I don't particularly trust the nydailynews, but am quite curious why Elliot said what he did

[jefferson_dem]

3. Color me not surprised.

Another PR fuckup by Air America. Sad... We desperately need a respectable alternative / progressive voice on the AM dial.

[Barge]

5. Better than....

Trippin' over her dog is much better than steppin' on an electrified manhole cover.

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[GrpCaptMandrake]

21. My wife resembles that remark!

Enjoy your brief stay!

[iheartobama]

4. Sounds suspicious...

does anyone else see Rove's fingerprints all over this one?

[cali]

6. cute.

no.

[KAZ]

8. This will be quick. n/t

[cali]

9. Should be. There's a slew of

them out tonight. I just got told how "noble" and "principled" ron paul is.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

20. Ron Paul? Noble? Principled?

Ick. Just ICK. :puke:

[monktonman]

7. The replies at the link are funny as hell.......

I guess some Manhattanites do have a sense of humor.

[DumpDavisHogg]

10. The reason people thought it was a politically motivated assault...

...is because conservatives have engaged in so many politically motivated assaults before.

Read about a guy from Waco named Larry Northern. Or a guy from New Hampshire named Chris Doyle. Or a Florida guy named Stephen Soper.

I'm with Jon Elliott on this. I would have thought by maybe 10-to-1 odds this was a conservative-led assault (before it was revealed that it was just an accident).

[Spiffarino]

11. I'm glad to hear this

I'm glad she wasn't attacked, and particularly that it wasn't anything politically motivated. The ugliness of violence taints everyone.

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[JoFerret]

13. Enjoy your stay

It will be brief.

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[Qanisqineq]

15. "confertation"

please define this word as it doesn't appear to be English.

Or just learn to speak and spell English.

[Bicoastal]

16. And he's gone...

....gee, that was quick.

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