Hate Crime?
(Fox News) - When liberal "Air America" talk hostess Randi Rhodes was injured Sunday night outside her Manhattan apartment — her colleagues reported that she had been mugged — and were not shy about pointing the finger of blame.
The New York Daily News reports fellow host John Elliott claimed on his show — "Is this an attempt by the right-wing, hate machine to silence one of our own? Are we threatening them? Are they afraid that we're winning? Are they trying to silence, intimidate us?"
Liberal blogs also lashed out at the alleged conservative muggers. Now it turns out Rhodes' lawyer says Rhodes in fact fell down while walking her dog.
The New York Daily News reports fellow host John Elliott claimed on his show — "Is this an attempt by the right-wing, hate machine to silence one of our own? Are we threatening them? Are they afraid that we're winning? Are they trying to silence, intimidate us?"
Liberal blogs also lashed out at the alleged conservative muggers. Now it turns out Rhodes' lawyer says Rhodes in fact fell down while walking her dog.
posted by BP News Bureau | 7:52 AM
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Before it was known that Rhodes had tripped over her dog, the comments on all of the liberal blogs that were trumpeting the incident as a hate crime were all very skeptical of that explanation. Liberal and conservative commenters alike expressed doubts that the mugging was perpetrated by right-wing extremists and almost unanimously wished Miss Rhodes well.
There is an increasing gap between the public discourse and private sentiment in this country. At one time, the dichotomy was restricted to the so-called mainstream media, but the new media, both left and right have fallen into the trap of hyperbolic polemics intended to sell whatever the source is peddling.
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