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Randi Rhodes suspended for remarks at Obama event

Submitted by Christian Grantham on April 3, 2008 - 11:17pm.

FIRST REPORTED HERE: In story after story about liberal talk show host Randi Rhodes and her suspension from Air America Radio, there are vague references to a March 22 event where her controversial comments were made. For some reason, the event was only described with a date and it's sponsor KKGN 960-AM. After taking two hours to find more information, I now see why.

By now you know Rhodes was suspended for using language best experienced on video as it happened. But did you know the event she was speaking at was advertised on Barack Obama's website for Obama supporters in San Francisco?

The event sponsor's website (KKGN 960 AM) doesn't appear to mention the March 22 event or what it was for. This forum posting promoted a KKGN sponsored event for Obama supporters featuring Air America's Randi Rhodes on March 22 at Broadway Studios in San Francisco. The link to a KKGN webpage provided in the post no longer works. That event was organized by Obama supporter Douglas Sabo through Barack Obama's official campaign website.

MORE: Sabo works as the Director of Worldwide Corporate Responsibility for McAfee, Inc.

MORE: If you want a peek into the mindset of KKGN, watch this video of an editorial meeting where the staff endorses Barack Obama for President.

UPDATE 04-04-08 10:04pm - The Obama campaign responds refering people to a golf website if they want more information about the March 22 Obama event. KKGN's real website used to have information about the event linked from the Obama campaign's website, but then KKGN took it down for some reason.

*To folks wondering the Obama campaign was somehow affiliated with this event, please know that it was in no way sanctioned, authorized, or endorsed by the Obama for America campaign. This was a fundraiser put together by a San Francisco radio station (you can see their explanation of the event here www.green360.com). This website is one of hundreds of thousands of user-generated websites you can make on My.BarackObama.com.*

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