Who here remembers "Media Whores Online"?

[WilliamPitt]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Whores_Online

I LIVED on what they did every day.

Never learned who they were.

Was that mystery ever solved?

Anyhoo...a toast to MWO. They kept me sane.

Sort of, anyway. ;)

:toast: MWO :toast:

[Darth_Kitten]

1. I do.....

I wonder what happened? :(

[SoCalDem]

2. Aaah yes... the "horse"

:)

[OKNancy]

3. I do! I loved that site. n/t

[Justitia]

4. I do - loved that site! -eom

[asjr]

5. I still miss it. Always wondered where they went.

[msanthrope]

74. Atrios has his own website. And some of the anonymous horde had

dayjobs that needed looking to....

And some--not telling you who--had campaigns to go work on.

[myrna minx]

6. I miss the "horse" too. I don't think the mystery was ever solved.

.

[GalleryGod]

7. During the darkest of times, MWO was wonderful..

They truly did patriotic work!
Yes Here's to you MWO:patriot: :rofl: :applause:

[Hello_Kitty]

8. Didn't they turn into Talking Points Memo? eom

[WilliamPitt]

11. I always suspected the MWO folks were TPM

Never confirmed.

[scarletlib]

20. Some folks thought it was Al Gore but of course never confirmed.

[devilgrrl]

47. Al Gore? Some say it was????

I'm sure... it had to have been.

:eyes:

[msanthrope]

75. Oh--there were a few migrations to TPM. n/t

[ljm2002]

43. I don't think so...

...because Josh at TPM is much more moderate and mannered than the delicious snark dished up at MWO.

But I don't know at all, it's just my hunch.

[NashVegas]

77. Oh God, No

TPM is far more Beltway insider.

[tg]

9. Me too

A great loss

[Brickbat]

10. They were brilliant.

I had a small piece of writing published on there and it made my freaking year.

[bemildred]

12. Me. Anonymous is good, let them be. nt

[dkf]

13. That siren was the best.

It always got me revved up for the latest tidbit.

[sammytko]

14. I do

[Cleita]

15. Yep, they led me to DU.

I wish they were back and could put their special commentary on the wikileaks thing.

[RainDog]

26. me too

and I am so grateful that the site existed. thank you, whoever you are/were/will be.

[Chovexani]

16. I miss the Horse.

No kidding.

[City Lights]

17. I do! I miss the horse *so* much.

:(

It was one of my daily stops.

To MWO: :toast:

Please come back!

[Tatiana]

18. I miss them so much. Their commentary on "Steno Sue" kept me sane.

Also the back and forth they had with Aaron Brown was legendary.

MWO did the nation a patriotic service.

[scarletlib]

19. Loved the Horse and still miss it.

We still need the Horse.

[catzies]

21. Loved their tagline

"The site that set out to bring the media to its knees, only to find out they were already there."

[immoderate]

22. I miss the horse!

--imm

[librechik]

23. a rational voice in the wilderness of Bushisms--loved the horse.

never did know who she was, but Digby is just as good a blogger. Sometimes I wonder if they were the same person.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/

[FiveGoodMen]

24. Was an excellent site.

Shame they're gone.

(and the whores are still with us)

[Canuckistanian]

25. Used to read "The Horse" daily

I remember the flashing lights for breaking news (Drudge stole that idea) and the biting, literate commentary.

Those were the days. The proto-DKos, Bartcop, Atrios, Smirking Chimp, Buzzflash and some little upstart website that did the "Top 10 Conservative Idiots".

Didn't the editor call himself 'Diogenes'?

[tblue37]

27. I sure do. I used to go by their site after they quit, hoping that

it was just a temporary hiatus. Unfortunately, it wasn't.

[UpInArms]

28. MWO and Bartcop .. and Liberal Slant - those were the only safe zones

for so very long - and there were others ... then and still there now - but MWO was a jewel - thanks for the reminder!

Happy Holidays!

(edit typo :blush: )

[madfloridian]

29. Bartcop was the first forum for me.

I don't go there anymore, but I remember the night Bartcop called me just to talk. He's an interesting fellow. We had quite a talk. Years ago.

[GoCubsGo]

32. I used to love BartCop

But, he lost me in the 2008 primaries. I understand his attachment to the Clintons, as I had read his page from nearly Day 1 back during the impeachment. But, I felt he went too far with the anti-Obama rhetoric during the 2008 primaries. It really turned me off. I stopped reading Firedoglake for the same reason. Neither one of those two remaining candidates were my first choice, so I really didn't like all of the infighting.

[SteveG]

55. Me too

Bartcop was (and still is) funny and intelligent. I still stop by once and a while, but it's not on my daily read list. TPM and DU are the only sites I hit more than once a day.

[UpInArms]

51. I will always love reading and re-reading Isaac Peterson's writings

here's one of his that made it to the DU Articles years ago (2002)

A Modest Proposal

[LibDemAlways]

71. I remember going to the Pink Taco restaurant in

Las Vegas just to get a photo of my Bartcop sticker propped up outside their window. Bart had raved about the Chinaco Anejo tequila served there, and he was happy to get the pic. He posted it on his site and gave me a shout out.

[Hugin]

33. You too?

Those were the only things I read... During the dark ages.

Oh, and Eric Alterman.

I also listened to Air America from day one... Until it sucked.

:sigh:

Makes me feel a little better knowing you were there too, UIA. :)

Edit: To spell Alterman's name correctly.

[UpInArms]

50. that, and the occasional BuzzFlash

until Marc whatzisname decided he was way too important ... now I rarely visit that site

sigh

there are those occasional upstart places - but the ones that tend to resonate with me will always be the forever loading huppi site - the original Lying Socialist Weasel - I am a member - but only by the grace of others who really knew Kangas ... I was a few years too late - that will always be one of my reasons for sadness - ahhhh ... but I share too much once again

here's a great site - still there - always relevant

THE LONG FAQ ON LIBERALISM

and with that, I bid you - best wishes

UIA

[gratuitous]

30. Oh yeah

My understanding is that the person behind it was female, and was a political operative of some kind - staff member, press agent, attorney, something. Anyway, she apparently got her wagon hitched to the right star and became a highly placed political operative, and running the MWO site was no longer safe should she lose her anonymity.

Yes, the site was wonderful for the latest tidbits, inside information, and exposure of some of the worst excesses and log-rolling in the popular media. And that endorsement has nothing (NOTHING, I tell you!) with MWO's incredibly fine judgment in running an item or two authored by some guy with a modem who went by the handle gratuitous.

[madrchsod]

31. someone here at du posted that they knew who it was and...

the person was tired of running the site....why i remember that is still a mystery...

it was a great site...

[pearl]

36. I would so love to know

who ran that site. I often wondered whether it was folded into what became Media Matters, David Brock's outfit. hmmmm.

[Crystal Clarity]

44. Yeah it was a great site.

But all good things eventually come to an end it seems. :-(

[bigmonkey]

34. Bartcop knows who the Horse was, but has never told.

That site was like a lifeline to the sane. The way "Dear Horse" became the salutation for letters to the site was really perfect. That person could have been a big player now in the Web era if they had just been able to stick with it.

Really vivid memories.

[oldlib]

35. I remember

and that's how I found DU. For some reason Media Whores disappeared.

[radiclib]

37. I used to live for the Sunday Morning talk show reviews

Damn, I was distraught when MWO went away.

[Chemical Bill]

38. I loved it.... n/t

[KT2000]

39. Sure do remember them

they were there in some dire times. They were a sanity touchstone.

[hayu_lol]

42. The shut down was a real blow to organizing all of us...

by giving us not only the targets, but the ways to go after the scumbags...urls, emails, and phone numbers.

Sorely missed. Bartcop made an offer to buy the site but was turned down. No reason for the shutdown was ever given.

Being able to go after the specific targets must have made those in power very nervous.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

40. I remember it well.

I would love to see that site return.

[ljm2002]

41. I still miss that site...

...in fact that is where I first heard about DU.

[KansDem]

45. I do!!!

Went to that site daily--several times a day.

Good information on...well...media whores!

[devilgrrl]

46. Check out my avatar.

Boy do I miss the horse. :-(

[otohara]

70. wow, it's been years

since I've seen the horse - pretty much forgot about the horse.

Loved MWO

[tishaLA]

48. IIRC, it was the Horse that brought me to DU

I loved the way they needled Tweety.

[KharmaTrain]

49. The Charm Was That Horse Was Annonymous...

In a strange way that's what gave that site credibility.

According to Bartcop, Horse was a female and I had a friendly email exchange circa 2001. Using those clues, I've always thought Digby fit best.

Cheers!

[anamandujano]

52. Remember the "Terrorists Stay Away" sign in duct tape?

Does anyone have the jpeg? I bitterly regret not saving it.

[KoKo]

53. Lots of folks tried to find out who they were...to my knowledge no one ever did

It's amazing..

But, yes...no one ever did snark for truth the way they could.

Merry Christmans, Will...!

[nadinbrzezinski]

54. Yep was a good place

[Liberal_Dog]

56. I Sure Do!!

Sorry that it went away.

[bullwinkle428]

57. I was but a young and innocent virgin in the left blogosphere before

I stumbled upon MWO and Bartcop, and that eventually led me on that pathway to DU!

[SidDithers]

58. MWO was run by a JennyQ if I remember correctly...

but that goes way back to early Bartcop, like issue 200 or 300.

I don't know if JennyQ ever revealed her true identity, tho.

Sid

[senseandsensibility]

59. Does anyone remember in the last days of MWO

they were asking for money, really almost begging? The reason given for the demise of the site
was lack of money as I recall. That's why many of us kept hoping against hope that they would return.

[diane in sf]

60. loved them!

[FarLeftRage]

61. I certainly do.

MWO and Bartcop led me to DU...

I used to read MWO daily and like many others here, it was an only source of info on the dirt of the corpoRATe media whores.

Too bad it's not around anymore, just think of all the exposes' they could have done.

[KoKo]

62. Well...there's "WikiLeaks" ...now. Took a long bit of time, though.

As I remember it, MWO's was very worried about folks finding out who they were in their last days.

A DU poster, above thread, thinks they had lack of money and begging in the last days. That's not my recollection. But, I guess folks can differ. In those days most sites as new as they were weren't begging for money.

Whatever...they are truly missed. I always figured they were high enough power that they just were in close danger of being exposed and they just didn't want it to happen. So, they had to cut out. But, at that time there were new sites popping up...and maybe they figured those sites would carry out their message and mission...and it just wasn't it worth it for them to keep it up.

[highplainsdem]

63. I do. Loved that site!

[donheld]

64. Very much so

[Lugnut]

65. I do.

The horse was one of my favorite places to visit every day.

:toast: MWO :toast:

[gort]

66. missing the Horse

every day. Come back, Horse!

[denbot]

67. I do..

I remember when they shut down, I dimly recall that they left the question of returning open..

[Ninga]

68. Yes, "media horse on line"......miss it very much!!!

[DinahMoeHum]

69. Loved it, miss it real bad.

:toast:

[LibDemAlways]

72. That site kicked ass. Definitely performed a vital public service.

[blondeatlast]

73. MWO was partially responsible for me finding DU. The Horse is sorely missed. nt

[PoiBoy]

76. I remember them fondly...

it's how I found DU...

Thank you MWO for the hope and inspiration...

Thank you Mr. Pitt for remembering...

:hi: