TJ Q & A: No Deadwood films -- Movies, Broward County, Hillary ...

Q. I've been pleasantly surprised by the HBO series In Treatment . Each episode is well crafted and the performances have been engaging.

[Charlotte]

It should be noted that Randi Rhodes 's offensive comment about Hillary Clinton was NOT made on the air, There therefore it defies logic that her job should be placed in jeopardy because of something she said at a private event as tasteless as the remark may have been. . The wide publicity given by Air America to this uncharacteristic lapse by their major broadcaster is out of all proportion, and has done more harm than the original remarks that were made in front on a very limited audience.

[Bettysdad]

I don't understand why Jicha refers to Randi Rhodes' comments about Hillary Clinton was 'crude, crass and classless."

A lot ofus thought they were dead accurate.

[Ed Miami Fl]

"Randi Rhodes has been suspended "indefinitely" by Air America for her crude, crass and classless rant against Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro. These are not disqualifying traits in talk radio so she'll probably be back."
Classless rant?
What do you call a whole bunch of senators who put aside the interest of the people in place of K street donations and corporate interests such as .... I dont know suport of NAFTA to give you an example, which Hillary outspokenly supported? How many jobs have we lost in theis country because of it?
I couldnt call Hillary anything but a K street whore...and by the way. Randi's "classless comments were made 'OFF THE AIR". If you ask me, there is an issue there with FREE SPEECH.
Leave Randi Alone, she puts her life and carreer on the line everyday in your name fool!

[mary o]

Randi Rhodes is rated something like number 45 out of all talk radio performers but at least she beats Bill Press who last was at number 93.

Nobody listens to progressive talk radio except for moveon.org members and since they brag they bought & paid for the Democratic party; we have decided they can have it and are now independents.

[mary o]

Randi Rhodes is rated something like number 35 out of all talk radio performers but at least she beats Bill Press who last was at number 93.

Nobody listens to progressive talk radio except for moveon.org members and since they brag they bought & paid for the Democratic party; we have decided they can have it and are now independents.

[Fla cracker]

Who's Randi Rhodes?

[DemLover]

Hot Air America is a money losing joke, and hasn't done squat to stop Bush and Co, or even slow down Limbaugh. They should be backing Obama anyway, but of course they're too focused on nonsense as usual. If they keep behaving like fools, they'll be off the air in a year and crying in their soup because they couldn't stop McCain from being elected!

[Fla Rep]

Randi Rhodes is a hatemonger who forgot to only attack Republicans. When she turned her drunken venom on Ferraro and hillary the Bosses at ultraliberal air America came down on her.
OBTW she fell down drunk while walking her dog and it was reported on the junk broadcast she worked for that she was attacked by right wing racists. That's real truth in broadcasting!
She has made me change one opinin though. I thought that Ann Colter was the biggest idiot in broadcasting now we have Randi Rhodes being the same kind of idiot but on the other side of the spectrum.

[DemLover]

Fla Rep wrote:

Randi Rhodes is a hatemonger who forgot to only attack Republicans. When she turned her drunken venom on Ferraro and hillary the Bosses at ultraliberal air America came down on her.
OBTW she fell down drunk while walking her dog and it was reported on the junk broadcast she worked for that she was attacked by right wing racists. That's real truth in broadcasting!
She has made me change one opinin though. I thought that Ann Colter was the biggest idiot in broadcasting now we have Randi Rhodes being the same kind of idiot but on the other side of the spectrum.

Exactly my point. If Air America allows screwballs like this to talk nonsense on their station, how on earth are they supposed to garner any credibility whatsoever? No wonder they are always on the verge of bankruptcy. If you have a cause, at least put people on your station that make some kind of sense! Unfortunately, the hosts on Air America, as well as the points they try to make, have just been idiotic and laughable.

[MilchPhan]

If you are supposed to report on something maybe you should look into the facts of the matter. David Milch was set to do the deadwood films, and neither JFC nor Last Of the Ninth (his new show) had anything to do with the cancellation of Deadwood, or the decision not to make the films.

http://blog.jopinionated.com/2007/08/22/exclu...

Please do a little research, and don't make yourself look like an idiot.

[David F]

You are dead wrong about Ed Schultz, Tom. He has a huge following in the south Florida community amongst blue-collar workers and union members. Unfortunately the power-brokers in the south Florida Progressive-Democratic community are mostly retired and wealthy members of the Jewish community who don't care for Ed's type of populism, and his support of Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton.

[WTF]

You are all definitely behind the times.... Randi is BACK and with BETTER syndication!!!

Radio host Rhodes returns to West Palm
By CHARLES PASSY

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Monday, April 14, 2008

The Goddess has truly come home.

Following her departure from the liberal Air America talk radio network last week, controversial host Randi Rhodes is bringing her nationally syndicated afternoon drive-time show back to WJNO-AM 1290 in West Palm Beach, starting today.

But this time, she's not just being heard on WJNO, which is owned by media giant Clear Channel. She's producing the show from her former employer's studio.

"We have our biggest star back," said WJNO Programming Director Brian Mudd.

Dubbed "The Goddess" by her loyal listeners, Rhodes, who worked for WJNO for 10 years starting in 1994, gained fame for her tell-it-like-it-is brand of leftist politics.

That prompted Air America to hire her when the network debuted in 2004.

Rhodes stayed on the air at WJNO in the years that followed, but through Air America.

She also became a national personality, seen on billboards and TV news shows.

The bottom line, Rhodes says of her return to West Palm Beach: She'll still be her usual loud and feisty self on air. And she'll still be speaking to a national audience, not necessarily a local one.

But she no longer has to schlep back and forth between New York and Palm Beach County, where she kept a home during her Air America tenure, to do what she loves.

"I just grabbed my dog" and came to West Palm Beach, Rhodes said of her sudden decision to base herself year-round in the area. Her show is being syndicated by the Nova M Radio Network, an emerging competitor to Air America in the talk radio world.

Well, the decision wasn't all that simple. Rhodes quit Air America after a high-profile dispute with the network that was covered by such media outlets as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

Air America suspended Rhodes on April 3 for making what network executives deemed "inappropriate statements" about Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., at a recent comedy performance in San Francisco.

Rhodes said the dispute was sparked by employment discussions with Air America and that her remarks during the performance weren't the integral issue.

She added that when Air America suspended her, she thought it meant her contract was terminated.

So she quit to "clear the way" for future radio opportunities.

That was on Wednesday night. By Thursday and Friday, Rhodes was hammering out a deal with her new syndication company, talking to her 20-plus affiliate stations across the country about continuing to air her program (most have agreed to do so) and even going on Larry King's CNN show to discuss her situation.

That left Saturday to fly from New York to West Palm Beach and Sunday to reacquaint herself with the WJNO staff and get her show up and running again.

"What usually takes months took days," Rhodes said.

The show will air in its usual Monday-to-Friday time slot of 3 to 6 p.m., following Rush Limbaugh, who might be called the conservative yin to Rhodes' yang.

The two are more than radio neighbors, however: Limbaugh is also based in Palm Beach County.

[Middle Aged White Guy]

While Jicha is nothing more that a middle of the road schlub, he is the best TV reported on the bottom half of this state. Pity.