Air America's Randi Rhodes Compares Judge Alito to Murderers of Hooker

Tasteless personal attacks are nothing new on Air America Radio, but some deserve special mentioning. Coming out of a taped skit at the beginning of the second hour of her afternoon show on Friday (January 13, 2005), here's the incomparable Randi Rhodes (emphasis mine / audiotape on file):
Dave Pierre

USA Today Revealed Bears QB Loves Hillary

Tim Graham

Fox's Phillips Surmises Snap Searches Sufficiently Stop Iran Nukes

Mark Finkelstein

Religion-and-Journalism Sites Explore Planned Parenthood And Abortion

Tim Graham

ABC Plays Up Pakistan "Outrage" at U.S. Airstrike, Downplays Need to T

Brad Wilmouth

A Small Protest On The Washington Post Pickup of the Murtha-Medal Stor

Tim Graham

Eric Alterman to Debate Tucker Carlson on 'Conservative Media Bias

Dustin Hawkins

Chris Matthews: Oil Is The Reason "That We're Over There Fighting Thes

On tonight's edition of Hardball, host Chris Matthews makes it look like that we would not being this way if it wasn't for the oil resources in Iraq. His proof? Because Vice President Cheney CEO of Halliburton. CHRIS MATTHEWS: Why is the President saying it's wrong to say this war was about oil or Israel. I can see where the Israel part would be sensitive, but why is he denying this was about…
Ian Schwartz

More On Murtha: CNSNews.com Suggests He Has Kerry-Like Purple Heart St

Tim Graham

On FNC, Ratner Dry-Eyed for Mrs. Alito: "If You Can't Play DC Game, Yo

Mark Finkelstein

While Murtha's Hailed, CNSNews.com Suggests He Might Have Been Jailed

Tim Graham

Matthews Blasts Dem "Buffoonery," But Believes Iran Nukes as Much as

Mark Finkelstein

Olbermann Wonders if Terror Investigation Leaked to Distract from NSA

On Friday's Countdown show, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann questioned whether the leaking of an FBI investigation of terror suspects who tried to buy untraceable cell phones from Target and Wal-Mart stores was timed to bolster the administration's case for its controversial NSA wiretapping program. The Countdown host, who has a history of questioning whether the Bush administration politically times…
Brad Wilmouth

What The Mainstream Press Won’t Tell You About Congressman Murtha

You can’t swing a dead cat lately without smacking into an article concerning Congressman John Murtha’s (D-Pennsylvania) view of the necessity to withdraw American troops from Iraq. In fact, as reported by the MRC’s Brent Baker, Murtha is going to be on CBS’s “60 Minutes” discussing exactly that on Sunday with none other than Mike Wallace. However, for some reason, that same demised feline has…
Noel Sheppard