Originally Posted By: Wonder Boy


That's a partisan liar's argument.



Here is exactly what was reported:

 Quote:
AIR AMERICA HOST RANDI RHODES WASN'T MUGGED

BY David Hinckley. Orin Yaniv and Tina Moore
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Wednesday, October 17th 2007, 8:48 AM



There's no truth to the rumors that Air America host Randi Rhodes (above) was mugged near 39th St. and Park Ave. Sunday night. She is scheduled to return to the air on Thursday.

Air America Radio host Randi Rhodes is temporarily off the air, but cops and her lawyer say reports she was mugged near her Manhattan apartment were bogus.

Fellow host Jon Elliott said on the liberal network that Rhodes was attacked at 39th St. and Park Ave. on Sunday night while walking her dog, Simon.

Elliott, 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 the Talking Radio blog. "Are we threatening them?"

A police source said Rhodes never filed a report and never claimed to be the victim of a mugging.

Rhodes' lawyer Robert Gaulin told the Daily News she was injured in a fall while walking her dog, but she wasn't sure exactly what happened.

"She did get injured. She's in pain and is recovering and looks forward to being back on the air Thursday," he said.

Elliott issued a statement Tuesday apologizing for his on-air comments:

"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," the statement said. "I apologize for jumping to conclusions."

Rhodes appeared to have a cut lip when she was ushered to a car in front of her ritzy Park Ave. building Tuesday. She did not answer a reporter's questions.

tmoore@nydailynews.com


Randi Rhodes herself said she was not attacked and filed no report of a crime.

Even Elliot on Air America said he over-reacted and that his earlier allegation was groundless, and fully retracted it.

There is absolutely no wiggle room to allege that this is still true. It is absolutely, undeniably, a lie.



Exactly what part of Rhodes and Elliot making a full retraction is still "open", M E M ?

My comments weren't directed at you, they were directed at Whomod, keeping alive the conspiracy, despite Rhodes and Elliot fully retracting it.

I've given several examples to show these kind of false allegations are a consistent liberal political tactic.