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Lemme get this straight...

A supposed lefty gets the axe for railing against another lefty?

1. She should have been more careful in her remarks.

2. Her audience (however few really became aware of what she said) would find her remarks in poor taste and running against her persona/on air antics.

3. I heard what she said and she's right.

4. It doesn't really matter now, you're happy and that is all that really matters to us all.

5. KPOJ is the uncola to Rush's cola.

6. Do these pants make me look fat?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blkKbMN9hzc

If that is not your style try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdXQPiukuHg

Good night and good luck.

Didn't know Air America was still in existence. Same thing as Imus. Free speech only refers to the government. In other words, Randi is free to say whatever she wants to without fear of being imprisoned. She is not free from being fired. None of us are.

Hmm, did you not know that the 3 to 6 time slot meant that she was on tape delay in PDX? If she was so great, wouldn't they carry her live? On the West coast, her "live" time is noon to 3. This wasn't a problem just HERE in PDX, either. Randi was delayed or preempted on many Air America stations for a variety of reasons. If she does well on KPOJ (delayed as it is) this doesn't reflect her national performance.

It's hard to justify that 400K plus salary with her lack of listeners on a national basis. And should I mention her (lack of) work ethic? How often did she manage to put in a full week of work without mysterious/unexplained absences? Rarely? This probably fed her low numbers: It's hard to keep listeners when you regularly tune-in only to hear a repeat of a show from the day before.

And then there's the (likely drunken) sidewalk splat that she tried to blame on muggers until mainstream media picked it up. That was a HUGE embarrassment for the network and is still one of the bigger jokes about lefty talk radio, yet AAR kept her anyway. And still the many many unexplained absences continued. Only on a lefty talk net could you get away with that...AND get 400 K! For AAR, it was money for nothing.

As to her remark - the one that caused her suspension - she called Hillary Clinton a "fucking whore" at an AAR/AAR Affiliate-sponsored event where she represented the company. This was yet another major embarrassment for AAR. Raise your hand - anyone here - if YOU could do that and NOT get fired.

That's what I thought. But Rhodes was only suspended for a week and half, not fired. And then she had the nerve to quit in a childish temper tantrum. That was the biggest favor she could have done for AAR management but she didn't intend it as a favor. She intended it to be an "I'm taking my toys and going home" move. Very juvenile.

Can you justify your claim that she was the "One of AAR's biggest draws" nationally? OH YES, ONE fanboy web site, without ANY ratings justification, declared her the "Number 1 Progressive Talkshow Host" and Randi milked that for all it was worth, putting it in many of her bumpers. The only problem was, there was never any truth behind it. But Rhodes has never let truth get in her way. Nobody ever asked her to back-up her bragging with real numbers. But I've noticed that fans don't ask many questions.

For what it is worth, the lefty fanboy's only justification for his baseless "Number One" award was that Rhodes was on in NYC and Los Angeles where (at that time) the real number one lefty was not. Fanboy forgot to mention that she was on fringe stations in NYC and LA and had NO numbers in those markets.

You sycophants out there ought to take her advice and start fact-checking her on a regular basis. You'll be disappointed but enlightened.

When it comes to Randi Rhodes, I’ve never been a huge fan. I agree with much of what she says, but again, I’ve never been much entertained by her radio program. However, I do feel there is a double standard at play in this matter. The two most offensive talk show hosts on radio, Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage, make grossly offensive remarks on a routine basis – without regard to any notion of the truth. With that said, their syndicators do nothing to punish these individuals. But instead, pay them hefty salaries and heavily promote their respective programs.

I guess Randi Rhodes was working for the wrong network.

Far too serious!!!!

Dudes (and dudettes):

When all is said and done, there are two people that listen to this kind of stuff on the radio: Those with strong opinions and those without. The reality is: None of it matters-at all!

This whole thing is so funny!

Take a pill.

Take out the trash.

Take my suggestion and do what one cat did to break up a fight!

Love and peace to all!

Deidre Holliman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLDbGqJ2KYk

I heard the promos, but hadn't seen the image you posted from their site. That's funny. Yes, good for them for having a little fun with an awkward situation. Mostly I'm glad they're still going to carry her show, since I'm a regular listener.

AA had a lot of nerve trying to get Randi to amend her contract to give them the ability to fire her, which previous management agreed to leave out. (WTF? Why they did that is beyond me.) A contract is a contract. Deal with it.

http://www.620kpoj.com/pages/pages/randi_returns.php

I got tired of Randi after about 2 years. Now it is a bit hard to listen to her. I would imagine she doesn't have the noon-3 slot because Ed Shultz has it, and frankly, he is pretty good. He certainly grew on me and now he is my favorite. I also like Thom Hartmann & Rachel Maddow. Don't know what happened to the English chick, she was also pretty good.

The "English chick" is live on the weekend. When her show is fed by AA.

I don't know about Savage. He's so fringe, his audience must surely be as small as Rhodes. However, there is no comparison to the 20 to 30 million listeners Rush has. He can pretty much say what he wants, money and ratings talk.

And let's face it, Rhodes trashed people on the left. And folks on the left don't take trashing very well, especially from one of their own. You'll be out on your butt pretty fast.

Let's face it, Randi Rhodes was/is a left wing extremist hate-monger. How could anyone enjoy listening to this woman who was filled with nothing but anger and hate for this country? Perhaps she can get a radio gig in Cuba where her leftist anti-American views can find a new audience.

Anyone have any idea what impact losing Rhodes will mean to Air America's feasibility? They still have Hartmann and Maddow, but Schultz, Malloy and now Rhodes are distributed by other syndicators and apparently more popular than their AA alternatives.
That said, even if AA went away tomorrow they would deserve to be credited with establishing left of center talk on a national basis.

I actually find it refreshing that she would speak with such candor and, yes, a certain degree of immaturity. I am more tired and nearly disgusted by the constant rhetoric and insincere commentary we receive from media, politicians, celebs and various people in the media that fall all over themselves to NOT criticize another person or rock the boat. Yes, she could have been more sensitive or diplomatic with her comment but you know what, what she said is exactly how she felt and I for one am glad she let it fly. Then again, I don't have a 6-figure salary hanging in the balance. I am glad though that my place of employment WOULD stand for me saying the same thing about one of my superiors. I realize I am in the minority there though.

It was never true. She was never even close to her claim... One FANBOY blogspot site gave her that title and she uses it in drops like there is something behind it. Rhodes fans should be thoroughly embarrassed by this!

I'm not an Ed Schultz fan, but it is a fact that he is number one by audience size among progressive/liberal talkers. The reasons are simple: He gets real numbers and is on far more stations than Rhodes - even BEFORE Randi had her snit fit and ran crying to Nova M. And now that she is down to a handful of stations, her ridiculous claim has slipped from just plain false to laughable.

Unlike the fanboy on blogspot, Talkers Magazine uses actual ratings numbers to determine who is doing well in the format. Here, Schultz gets enough listeners to make #8 on the list of the top 100 talkers in all genre. The next liberal down is Allan Colmes at 16. Syndicated by Fox, Colmes is on more stations than all the other liberal nets combined, but he's on late night which makes it tough for numbers. Then we have Thom Hartmann (AAR) at 23. Jones' Stehpanie Miller is at 28 on the list. AAR's Lionel is at 31 - all by the numbers.

Oh, and Randi Rhodes your hero, the "number one progressive talk show host in the nation"? Well Rhodes came in at # 40 ...BEFORE she lost all those stations by moving to Nova M. So that was the peak of her career.

If she wants to have credibility with any NON-sycophant types, she could start by canning the "number one" BS.

And once again I urge all Rhodes sycophants to take her advice and start fact-checking the things she says. Not by going to her favorite links but by doing your own information search. As I said before, you will be very disappointed but you will also be enlightened.