MAYBE IT WAS A REVENGE KILLING FOR THE WELLSTONE ASSASSINATION?

Katherine Harris Lives (Dotty Lynch, Douglas Kiker, Steve Chaggaris, Clothilde Ewing, Nicola Corless, Smita Kalokhe and Joanna Schubert, 7/09/03, CBS News)

One of Florida’s top radio jocks told listeners on Tuesday that Rep. Katherine Harris, R-Fla., had died in a plane crash the previous day, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Radio talk show host Neil Rogers announced on WQAM Miami on Tuesday that "Katherine Harris is dead!"

"I’ve got the news story right here, it’s on the Internet. A plane crash. Yes!" Rogers said.

He went on to say that Harris had been killed near Toronto, "while in clandestine rendezvous with Florida Gov. Jeb Bush," according to United Press International.

However, while Rogers was reporting her premature death, Harris was on the floor of the House of Representatives being broadcast live on CSPAN.

Rogers reportedly got the story from the Web site, www.tomflocco.com, which posted a retraction early yesterday saying, "We were misinformed on this matter, as an unidentified staffer in Harris’ office told us this morning that the Florida legislator was in her office."

MEMO: To Tom Flocco

Please stop sending us e-mail. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 9, 2003 4:51 PM