Update: Randi Rhodes not attacked by Right Wing Nuts

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Randi Rhodes is the Victim of a Violent Attack

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 No wonder why no one listens to Air America, their effen crazy.

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url="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/16/2007-10-16_air_america_host_randi_rhodes_wasnt_mugg.html"]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.

Fellow host Jon Elliott claimed on the liberal radio network that
Rhodes had been mugged while walking her dog, Simon, on Sunday night.
Elliot, who said Rhodes lost several teeth in the attack, waxed about a
possible conspiracy.

"Is this an attempt by the right-wing, hate machine to silence one
of our own?" he asked on the air, according to Talking Radio, a blog.
"Are we threatening them? Are they afraid that we’re winning? Are they
trying to silence intimidate us?"

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."

Rhodes started with the Air America when it launched in 2004. Her show airs from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays.

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."

Still, the tale lived on in the blogosphere.

"What the %$#$ is WRONG with you people?? Are you that SICK in the
head that just because you don’t agree with someone’s political views
you believe that they deserve to be mugged? Are you on the right that
DEMENTED??," a blogger called neddlenosehanty posted on
watchingthewatchers.org.

Another blogger shot back, "I very seriously doubt if this
unfortunate woman was mugged by a conservative. To jump to the
conclusion that she was mugged by someone on the right is bigotry of
another kind. Think not?"[/q]

We have not seen this reported anywhere. But they seem to
be blaming some conspiracy of Right Wingers for the attack to silence
her. A little paranoid considering hardly anyone listens to her show.
Anyway we hope she is ok.