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Sun Feb-15-09 11:12 PM
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***OFFICIAL RANDI RHODES APPRECIATION THREAD*** |
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Unfortunately it appears that the voice of the number one liberal talk show host in the country has been silenced. Randi has been the voice of reason for as long as she has been on radio and I certainly hope she will be returning to a new radio home very soon. http://green960.com/pages/blog.html?feed=313154&article=5009873
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but I'm not surprised. The few times I tried to listen to her, she was vulgar, abusive, rude, shrill, and thoroughly unpleasant. Liberals need a radio spokesperson with some personality - she seemed to lack that basic attribute. I know she has her followers, and I'm sorry that you've lost someone you like, but we all deserve better.
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Mon Feb-16-09 12:00 AM
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I've been a fan since the early days on WJNO. I'll agree she can be grating at times and will talk down her callers, but those callers are usually idiots or can't express a coherent thought. Sometimes I think it might be ego getting in the way. Over the years she's provided more thoughtful and logical discussion than most. In a sense she's followed the format that works best for talk radio. You have to be entertaining, keep the show moving and generate strong response, whether positive or negative to maintain interest. Having been married to a Jersey girl for 29 years, I have the thick skin to deal with it.
If she falls back to just WJNO again and keeps the same time slot, I'll still be listening.
If you want something more moderate and subdued, check out KPFK on Sunday. World Focus and Background Briefing are regulars for me. On Saturday check out This Is Hell on WNUR, they have great long format interviews with people that never appear on commercial media. Best of all, no commercial breaks.
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Mon Feb-16-09 12:12 AM
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No -- I didn't enjoy those times when she seemed to be attacking callers -- but I think she heard the criticism and got it under control.
Meanwhile, I haven't been able to listen much anyway because the time is inconvenient. And I miss listening to Randi and hearing what she has to say.
NOVA is a pain re commercials -- much more than AAR it seems . . . ???? And very, very LOUD!!
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Mon Feb-16-09 12:50 AM
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21. That seems to be natural for all commercial media |
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The bumpers, station ID, and commercials are always at least 3db above the normal level. I really hate it when bumpers and station ID overlap during the breaks. Can't you have better timing or an actual engineer on duty to avoid it? At least I can wear headphones and I'm the only one who has to deal with the sound blast.
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Mon Feb-16-09 12:55 AM
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22. Well, I usually turn it way down . . . in the car, I generally remember to |
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turn it back up by the time the commercials are over ---
but at home with the internet, I frequently forget and miss the rest of the show!
NOVA commercials seem to be almost twice as many as there were at AARP . . . ???
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Mon Feb-16-09 12:44 AM
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20. I loved her until I didn't. |
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Mon Feb-16-09 02:15 PM
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you said that in ANOTHER thread.
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Mon Feb-16-09 02:39 PM
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47. I was also the one who gave this its 5th rec so no need to be snarky. |
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Mon Feb-16-09 01:16 PM
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34. You mean, Randi had the courage to tell the truth without flattering |
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her listeners. Sometimes Randi was abrasive, and, although not a Hillary supporter, I was offended by her remarks about Hillary, but Randi was never intimidated. She was never, never, never half as offensive, shrill, vulgar, rude or unpleasant as Rush Limbaugh. Randi deserves to be heard.
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Mon Feb-16-09 02:17 PM
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I was pissed about the Hillary remarks as well. I had stopped listening to ANY lefty radio turning the primary .... shit DU was enough to fight with.
But after the primary was over I was back. And I'm very upset that Randi's off the air.
I hope she gets another national gig very soon.
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Mon Feb-16-09 02:21 PM
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40. One thing you conveniently leave out in your list of alleged offenses |
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I heard her shout down a woman - the details are long gone now, since it was so minor in my life - who was on the side of the angels (a genuine left-winger with good ideas). It was as rude an episode as I've ever encountered in the media, and that was the end of my interest in the completely disposable Randi Rhodes.
It'll be interesting to see where she lands next.
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Mon Feb-16-09 04:56 PM
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67. Of course the details are long gone... |
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Sun Feb-15-09 11:16 PM
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WTF happened? :shrug:
No one can talk, but everyone wants her back on including her? What am I not getting?
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Mon Feb-16-09 12:33 AM
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One poster supplied a DU link to another thread where someone from NOVA seems
to be suggesting that Randi is making a demand for more money. Why not?
I never heard of NOVA before Randi -- AARP was Randi!
And AARP is pretty much gone now because Randi is gone.
Meanwhile, I think it's difficult to deny that Randi seemed a while back to be
going thru a difficult period. She was involved in a lawsuit which I'm sure
created a lot of stress.
Then we had the odd incident of the NY accident -- which first was presented as
an attack on her, though I've never actually heard Randi say that.
She returned to her show and then we had the rather obviously contrived "scandal"
over her attack on HRC. A lot of Swiftboating there, IMO.
So -- I may be wrong -- but what I see is that Randi Rhodes is more effective than
Limbaugh and, therefore, many on the right would like to see her gone ... permanently.
Maybe Randi is money hungry and we just don't know it --- ?
Maybe I'm dreaming that she has been under attack by those who want her off the air?
Maybe what I saw as a big nothing with the HRC nightclub routine was something gravely
serious?
And maybe I'm still worried about nothing with the serious accident that befell her in NYC?
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Mon Feb-16-09 01:32 AM
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25. I don't think the Hillary incident would have necessarily followed her to NOVA. |
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Edited on Mon Feb-16-09 01:35 AM by Tarheel_Dem
But I do agree that Randi, and progressive radio in general, was very effective this past election cycle. When advertising becomes a problem for Clear Channel, you know it has to affect progressive talk all the more. I think that Randi would be a huge asset to Jones. I hear that Thom Hartmann is leaving AAR, and will be picked up by Premiere (I think)?
NovaM without Randi, AAR without Hartmann & Rachel...I think those two networks will finally bite the big one. Some good business person will start up another venture. Randi's new boyfriend sounds like a big player, on Capitol Hill, so he probably knows people. I think Randi has something up her sleeve, and with only a couple of months left on her contract, I think she may have found her own independent investors.
If what Randi says is true, AAR was really her brainchild, which is why she couldn't stand Al Franken getting top billing. She has always complained about the lack of adequate marketing of progressive talk. With the right investors, Randi may become an even bigger player.
Stay tuned....
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Mon Feb-16-09 02:39 PM
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48. Wasn't Hillary quoted as telling someone "The Clinton's NEVER forget"? |
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Mon Feb-16-09 10:29 PM
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75. Could be. But I just think that radio, in general, is going through tough times... |
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like every other industry right now. Randi probably made some demands, and Nova couldn't meet them. I happen to think that Randi already had something up her sleeve. She'll land on her feet.
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Tue Feb-17-09 03:06 AM
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How about the public dissing of Caroline Kennedy?
Kirsten Gillibrand anyone?
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Mon Feb-16-09 04:38 PM
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57. What's confusing about some of this is . . .. |
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Evidently the guy who owns NOVA was the founder or one of the founders of AAR . . ?
Also, that currently he was trying to get to a point where he could buy AAR . . . ?
Clear Channel now owns the History Channel -- !!! It went immediately downhill into
r-w territory.
Thom Hartmann can be interesting at times, but often also boring.
They -- whomever they are cause I don't think the Greens are in it alone -- have done
EVERYTHING they can to destroy AAR -- substituting liberal hosts with r-w hosts -- and
not supporting and defending Randi. I doubt whomever the investors are that they are
looking to profit from the network because they treat it with great disrespect. I'm being
polite in that description! Further, the reception was always bad for AAR something they
had to have understood when they first took it over -- and they did NOTHING but make that
problem worse.
Without doubt, those on the right cannot afford to have any liberal/progressive hosts on
the air. Their propaganda and overall message is like a large mirror. When one pebble of
truth hits it the entire thing shatters.
So -- IMO -- Randi is a huge threat to them. But, as we can see from the DLC within the
Democratic Party, there are a lot of worker bees out there hiding behind labels that make
them seem less right-wing, but in fact they're DINOs or "moderates" working for the r-w
interests.
You know Cindy Sheehan now has a radio show -- and I think she's depending on audience
contributions for some part of it?
I've never been tuned in when Randi has been complaining about Franken or Hartman ...
but I have my own complaints about each of them.
PS: Re the HRC comedy routine . . . what I basically meant was that she was "Swiftboated"
out of AAR. And that those who went after her in that regard are also the same people
who want to permanently shut her down and shut her out -- shut her up!
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Mon Feb-16-09 10:33 PM
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76. Randi can't stand Franken, but she absolutely adores Thom Hartmann. |
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Thom is a brilliant man, but there are some days that I'd prefer to watch paint dry, especially when he goes into his history professor mode. But Thom is must listen for me on Friday for the 1st hour, because of Bernie Sanders. I love Sen. Sanders, I wish it were possible for him to have his own show.
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Mon Feb-16-09 01:23 PM
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36. Maybe she is ill or has a new job. |
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Edited on Mon Feb-16-09 01:29 PM by JDPriestly
Her replacement is nice -- but not well enough informed to keep a national audience of sophisticated liberals interested.
Following Thom Hartmann -- very difficult. He sets the standard. I listen to talk radio to learn new things about history -- about government -- about what is going on.
Even Ron Reagan brings very little to the table as far as I am concerned. He has a nice voice and a good personality, but he doesn't know history the way Hartmann does. He does not have Rachel Maddow's wit, high IQ, scholarly approach or background in just about anything but especially in government.
Randi held her own. It will be impossible to replace her. I notice that she had a lot of health problems. That may have made her very irritable, and employers don't stand for irritability for too long. She may simply have gotten on her employer's nerves once too often. She could be sick. She may have accepted a low salary at Nova and be seeking something better. She may have a really good offer that isn't open quite yet. Let's just wait and see.
One unique aspect of Randi is that she served in the military. Very few liberal talk show hosts -- very few talk show hosts had the courage and discipline to serve in the military. I don't idealize the military, but I do appreciate a talk show host who has been in the military and understands the problems of our military personnel.
I do not know Randi personally and am not a psychologist, but she may be prone to depression. Somewhere in her she has a reservoir of anger. She controls it well and uses it well, but she must have gone way up when Obama won. She may be way down now. That may be why she is not working right now. She might not een admit that is her reason.
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Tue Feb-17-09 04:17 PM
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88. It's too early for a contract dispute |
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Randi has not been on Nova long enough to have a contract dispute.
No, it must be something else. And both Nova M and Randi are keeping their mouths shut.
I hope DU people will announce her whereabouts, once she turns up somewhere. While she certainly can be caustic, her grasp of the facts and the "homework" she gives us is priceless! (I hope her web site comes back up, at least so that I can copy her links and download documents. I never thought I would not be able to go back to www.therandirhodesshow.com to read stuff I liked.)
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Sun Feb-15-09 11:20 PM
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3. I have a feeling there is a lot to this story... |
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I wonder if we'll ever be privy to exactly what happened... However, given the pattern with Randi, I'm not willing to blindly assume anything...
I know her fan base will miss her. I do on occasion.
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Sun Feb-15-09 11:20 PM
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4. Sad. but, she jumped the shark a year ago... attacking her listeners |
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for agreeing with her... I stopped listening 9 months ago...
I hope she finds a home...
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Sun Feb-15-09 11:52 PM
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5. sadly I stopped as well..she seemed to want to hear her own voice and talked over everyone. |
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Mon Feb-16-09 02:41 PM
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49. That's why I stopped too. I adored her until her ego got so big her head wouldn't fit through the |
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door anymore. I miss the old Randi and appreciated her voice so much.
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Mon Feb-16-09 04:54 PM
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64. you have echoed my sentiments exactly. n/t |
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Sun Feb-15-09 11:55 PM
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6. Here is a DU thread that has some info in it... |
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Mon Feb-16-09 12:00 AM
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9. Kick and rec for Randi. n/t |
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Mon Feb-16-09 12:03 AM
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10. Randi Rhodes is terrific - the best answer to Limbaugh which is why |
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the right wing hate her and would love to see her permanently off --
I think Randi was very effective in helping to move a Democratic win in '08 --
WHERE might she be thinking of going from here? I'm not that familiar with
what's available .... ?
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Mon Feb-16-09 12:14 AM
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12. Perhaps the company that employs Stephanie Miller & Ed Schultz... |
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would do well to pick up Randi? Randi's an artist as well as a gifted talk show host, and she is not short on the artist's temperament. Some have said that she is very high maintenance, but she is always prepared, and she always sources her work. Trust me, unless the Drobneys blackball her, Randi will land on her feet.
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Mon Feb-16-09 12:29 AM
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SHe is not a status quo person at all. She does things her own way even if it means giving up on a lot of money (Schultz). SOme people perceive this as arrogance or stubborness. I see her as someone who is never willing to sell herself out.
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Mon Feb-16-09 12:36 AM
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17. And it has cost her dearly. She spoke out about Rush & his multi million |
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dollar salary, while at the same time Clear Channel was laying off people, left & right. I thought this might have had something do with it, but it appears the trouble isn't with Clear Channel at all. Randi's one failing is that she wears her heart on her sleeve, and she can't help but say what she feels, and that sometimes gets her in hot water.
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Mon Feb-16-09 12:40 AM
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19. I've never heard Stephanie Miller --- |
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Randi Rhodes is the best thing I've heard -- save for Amy Goodman -- but completely
different kind of thing.
I've listened a bit to Ed Schultz -- and didn't find it that interesting until AFTER
the election and he seems to be moving to the left. Good!
Coomby seemed also to be a right wing idiot until after the election and now he's way
to the left -- ????
AAR has almost no reception in my local area -- if I'm on the Parkway or away from my
town, I can hear some of it. It's better than nothing, but that's all I can say.
And, I hope that Randi lands somewhere where I can listen to her in my car -- and
where she is more accessible to the average listener.
Internet listening isn't that convenient!
ALSO Please see my msg #16 and tell me if I'm way off base . . . ????
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I hope that happens ... maybe Momma can be a peace keeper between Randi and Ed.
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Mon Feb-16-09 10:26 PM
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74. I wouldn't want that job for any amount of money. Randi despises Ed. |
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I don't listen to Schultz, so I've never heard him talk about her, but I wonder if the feeling is mutual?
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Mon Feb-16-09 10:46 PM
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78. Not Anymore - They Settled Their Differences |
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A lot of the Randi/Ed anger came from the feud between Ed's syndicators and Air America at the time of Air America's launch. Once Randi left AAR it melted, and in the last year they made nice.
In fact, just today Ed talked about Randi in the same breath as himself and Thom and Stephanie, so it's still good - and I'd think his company would also do well to grab her ASAP.
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Mon Feb-16-09 11:20 PM
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80. That's very good to hear. There are so few nationally syndicated progressive... |
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voices out there. I'm glad they're all getting along now. Thanks for the heads up.
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Mon Feb-16-09 12:31 AM
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15. That's too bad but I think Randi's burned out. We used to listen allot... |
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but during the primaries when she got up on stage and delivered all that smack-talk/said-to-be-stand-up comedy about Ferraro & Clinton out here in the city I think it was; she just starting tumbling nose first. She isn't Mort Saul and for that matter even Mort Saul knows better. If she wants to go be Lenny Bruce, that could be a way to go...
But she also started taking up allot of time talking about her vacations, full facial treatments, massages, etc, boyfriends, and soon-to-be husbands or whatever just gobbling up time. I realize it gets tiring and becomes daunting; but many times she became strident with callers treating them like children and cutting them off,
At Obama's inauguration/media event hosted by Bill Press, and yeah I know Press is a media dude just like Randi is a media chick; but she was there on the stage exposing herself to 'the machine' along with Miller & Schultz, and the next day on her show she absolutely went off on Press calling him this & that real nasty stuff well that gets broadcasted people hear that too,
I hope she backs like she was early last year. Forget the vacation, maybe she needs to go on hiatus
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I've listened to her on and off for years when I lived in South Florida. I love her POV and her research, but I have to say her voice drives me nuts after a few shows.
She's a long time radio veteran, and I thin she has enough of a national following that she'll likely end up finding someone else to syndicate her.
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Mon Feb-16-09 01:02 AM
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23. Rumor is that Nova-M fired Mr. Manzo as the GM around the time Randi went off the air |
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I think Randi took exception to that. Her absense could be a protest for them to hire him back. I don't think that is the way it should be done if that is the case. Mr Manzo has a lawsuit filed against Nova-M
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Mon Feb-16-09 01:24 AM
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24. Radio is a messy business |
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Mon Feb-16-09 01:58 AM
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26. Nova M fired Manzo in October 2008. |
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Mon Feb-16-09 03:54 PM
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56. Nove M chose Jeff Farias over the much better & excellent Peter B Collins, that has proved to be |
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Nova M first BIG mistake....I knew it as did others and many of us wrote Nova M often about it back then to no avail.
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Mon Feb-16-09 01:59 AM
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27. No radio host can get fall-down drunk in broad daylight, then lie about it repeatedly, like she can! |
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Mon Feb-16-09 02:29 PM
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no supporting evidence.
Apparently, one incident an alcoholic makes. :eyes:
Kind of makes me wonder who in his/her life actually DID/DOES have a problem with alcohol.
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Mon Feb-16-09 04:45 PM
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58. Just want to mention that the "incident" was first reported as an attack on Randi . . . |
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I've never heard Randi talk about it -- so I don't know what she may have
immediately said or not. But that seems to be what the first report was.
And that someone pushed her face into the concrete/ground/grating ... whatever
it was.
Sounds a little familiar from what the soldiers said they were doing to the
supposed terrorists being delivered to the prison camp.
Anyway, the damage done sounded a little extreme for simply a fall.
And, that was pretty quickly followed up with the HRC Swiftboating.
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Mon Feb-16-09 04:56 PM
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65. your words are harsh and unnecessary, imo. n/t |
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You have over a 1000 posts and a little star ,but you still sound like a pos freeper.
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Mon Feb-16-09 07:42 AM
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28. i'd like to see her back on the air |
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interesting reading there, but not enlightening.
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Mon Feb-16-09 07:47 AM
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29. I wish I could get back my donations from NovaM. |
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I haven't been able to listen to Nancy Skinner for more than 20 minutes. Her depth of knowledge compared to Randi is about a mile wide and an inch deep. IMO there's no need to listen to NovaM network anymore. Guess I'll switch to WCPT in Chicago where I can hear Stephanie Miller, Ed Schultz and Thom Hartmann. IMO the foregoing are "the best" of who's left. :shrug:
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I tried...HARD.. to listen to Skinner but she is just so...not Randi. I don't think I made it past the first segment, then I just gave up on downloading the podcasts altogether. Malloy is the only thing left there and quite frankly I don't think he is enough to justify my $10/month.
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43. When was your last donation? |
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If you paid by credit/debit card ... despute the charge. It depends how long ago it was.
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Mon Feb-16-09 04:48 PM
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59. I'll also try WCPT/Chicago on your recommendation until I find out where Randi is going . . . |
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Mon Feb-16-09 11:27 AM
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31. I think they just took her website down |
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I was reading posts on www.therandirhodesshow.com and suddenly I could no longer connect. So either there is just some internet server problems, or the site was taken down by (someone).
Interesting....
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I was just on her site this morning. People were concerned that this might happen.
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Mon Feb-16-09 04:48 PM
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60. Anything interested posted? Presume this is where fans post? |
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Mon Feb-16-09 01:11 PM
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33. Randi has helped change the minds of people I know. |
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She has brought them around from their sheeple opinions by speak plainly and backing up her claims.
I think we (liberals) need her to be on the air.
She has taken risks to bring the truth out. CACI sued her for mentioning their name in connection with ABU Ghraib torture (she prevailed).
I won't renew with NovaM if she is not there, even though I love Mike Malloy. (Although Malloy sometimes grates on me the way Randi seems to grate on others.)
I APPRECIATE RANDI RHODES and wish her the best. Whereever she lands I'll go there and continue to listen and be informed.
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Mon Feb-16-09 01:17 PM
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35. If the country can afford Rush Limbaugh everywhere, there's room for Randi |
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She's brash, unafraid, bold.
If they can have Limbaugh with his pig ignoraced and lying BS, we should be allowed to have Randi ... who may be too much woman for some of you, but tells the actual truth.
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Mon Feb-16-09 03:45 PM
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54. Rush is the person they should get rid of, but money talks huh? |
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Mon Feb-16-09 09:27 PM
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73. And conservative money's always been greener than liberal money ... |
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... if the brand succeeds in a market they lie about it failing when they want to take it down.
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Mon Feb-16-09 04:50 PM
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61. We need more supposed elite/Democratic progressives to get involved .... |
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Edited on Mon Feb-16-09 04:50 PM by defendandprotect
in liberal/progressive radio and to support a show for Randi --
All we have is the Greens . . . ??? Hard to believe???
And they turned into a right-wing station --- !!!!
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Mon Feb-16-09 02:09 PM
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Has confirmed to me in an email that she will not be back.
DAMN! Randi and Thom Hartmann are to two best in this medium.
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Mon Feb-16-09 02:27 PM
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44. They screw'd themselves. |
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Tue Feb-17-09 03:20 AM
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They just sent me another statement of charges for $10. I replied inquiring about Randi, still no response...this is sad.
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Mon Feb-16-09 02:33 PM
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... she is so not one to go "gently into that good night" (so to speak). I wouldn't count her out at all.
Randi is, I find, an acquired taste. At first, I couldn't handle 3 hours of her but after a while, my brain liked the stimulation! :) Wherever she goes, I will seek her out and listen.
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Mon Feb-16-09 04:51 PM
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63. You're right Randi is awesome |
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I listen to her at work on my headphones cause I work with a bunch of Obama-haters. It gives me something to look forward to and makes the afternoon go by more quickly. I've listened to Randi since she first came on with AAR. I thought when she moved to Nova M she was noticeably more mellow and happy. This sudden disappearance took me totally by surprise.
I love her style, her depth of knowledge, her brand of humor.
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Mon Feb-16-09 03:39 PM
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53. geez, it's not like we have the monopoly on progressive radio hosts |
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like that stupid Limbaugh we need our progressive radio stations, more now than ever.
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Mon Feb-16-09 03:46 PM
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55. read this thread too. |
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Mon Feb-16-09 07:35 PM
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71. Drobny's Friday statement is included in the Green960 link in the OP. nt |
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Mon Feb-16-09 04:56 PM
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66. Randi Rhodes is the best liberal talker |
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There's Randi Rhodes, Thom Hartmann, and Mike Malloy.
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Mon Feb-16-09 05:03 PM
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I will miss listening to you in the afternoons, Randi. You have a style all your own, but you always speak the truth, and I appreciate you for that. I hope you turn up somewhere else very soon - IMHO, you would be an asset to any radio station.
All the best to you always. :hi:
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Mon Feb-16-09 05:22 PM
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70. She did a lot of our homework for us. |
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I had my differences with her, but I think she was perhaps the most important dish in a balanced media diet. If you were able to tune out her useless tirades and mind-numbing, interminable commercial breaks, you could learn stuff that no one else was teaching.
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Mon Feb-16-09 07:36 PM
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72. I miss her parody skits. |
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Her staff would throw these radio skits, sort of like SNL parody sketches, and they would air on the top of the hour.
They were pretty damned funny.
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Those bits are pure genius. It's that guy Duffy.
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Mon Feb-16-09 10:48 PM
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79. Long time Randi fan here. |
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Like her style or not, she is prepared and most often right. Liberal radio voices are so few and far between, any loss is a major loss.
She is a strong woman. She will land on her feet better off I am sure.
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those lambasting her: I can't possibly understand how you can claim to be a liberal. Her show is tremendously informative. And yes, many stupid people call in and there is no one, not Seder, Malloy, Hartman who can handle freepers the way Randi does. THIS IS A HUGE LOSS!
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Tue Feb-17-09 04:39 AM
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But like others have said she became a raging freak awhile back. I could see it with a few of her callers to be honest; let's face it most callers tend to sound like idiots for whatever reason. But Randi yelling over her callers that were even trying to agree with her became too fake and too much about her being abrasive as opposed to be edgy.
And to be honest, leaving another radio network in 10 months? I think we all can agree, it's not just Nova M's management that's at fault. Though I am sure that Randi's Cult members will never admit that their "goddess" could ever be at fault.
Still, if I had a choice of Randi or that horrid fill in they have now, Nancy Skinner, I'd take Randi without even thinking about it.
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Tue Feb-17-09 04:43 AM
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86. I think that message is bullshit. Sounds like a contract dispute, nothing "technical" |
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They're beating around the bush trying to kind of make it sound like technical difficulties or anything else other than what it is. A contract dispute. In contract disputes, no party can claim wide-eyed innocence.
Honestly, I think its interesting how drama and trouble seem to follow Randi wherever she goes. I really appreciate her political commentary, and when she is on one of her monologues I think she often rocks. But she's such a friggen drama queen with an ego the size of a small planet, and I fear it gets her into a lot of unnecessary messes.
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Tue Feb-17-09 08:35 AM
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87. I clicked on Randi's website this morning to see if it was up |
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and this came up.
TO ALL:
NOVA M RADIO HAS NOT YET CORRECTED THE PROBLEM THAT HAS KEPT ME OFF THE AIR DESPITE MY STRONG DESIRE AND READINESS TO BROADCAST MY SHOW. RESPECTING THE EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS EXISTED BETWEEN NOVA M AND ME, AND EXPECTING THE SOLUTION TO BE QUICKLY ACHIEVED, DETALIS OF THE TRIGGERING EVENT WERE WITHHELD IN GOOD FAITH. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS MUCH: ANY STATEMENT IMPLICATING ME AS BEING IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISRUPTION IN THE RANDI RHODES SHOW IS PATENTLY FALSE. THIS ENTIRE SITUATION IS SOLELY WITHIN THE CONTROL OF NOVA M. IN LIGHT OF MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, MY SHOW WILL BE SEEKING A NEW HOME. I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED PATIENCE AND INDULGENCE IN RESPECTING MY RIGHTS DURING THIS TIME. YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT IS CHERISHED. THANK YOU.
RANDI RHODES
She drives me nuts one day and I'm in love with her the next. I'd miss her horribly if she were to go away.
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Tue Feb-17-09 04:23 PM
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89. Damn, damn, damn, damn! n/t |
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Tue Feb-17-09 05:25 PM
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:yourock: Hope u C This. You have taught me the most about all u know. Thank U. Tell Howard & Melissa Hi, and I'll hear you wherever you come back to.
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Randi must be jumping out of her skin with all the things she wants to talk about.
welcome to DU!!!:hi:
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93. I hope she finds her way back to us again |
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more now than ever we need progressive voices on the airwaves.
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