You know who I miss? I miss The Horse. Really. I miss Media Whores Online.

[Stinky The Clown]

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

They had one eponymous focus.

The Horse is long gone.

The need for media watchdogs is not. SO many lies still being told. So much created reality.



Do you know that no amount of searching will net you a picture of the sites horse mascot? Does anyone have a copy?

[City Lights]

1. Me too!

I swear someone here has an avatar that looks awfully similar to the horse. Can't remember who it is though.

I found this through dailykos:

[Stinky The Clown]

9. Thank You!!!!!!

[HERVEPA]

2. Me three

[Lugnut]

3. Me four!

The Horse was one of my favorite go to places on the 'net.

[MrScorpio]

4. Me Five!

[redqueen]

5. I miss the site too.

I wish she'd bring it back

[Melinda]

6. I was reading CoffeeCats thread earlier, remembering when MWO was all about calling out the media...

those covering for and exposing the right-wing beliefs and lies the Bush* admin fed us daily thru the very sources MWO blogged about, that is.

Funny how MWO went out for long periods after the beginning of the Iraq war began, and then for good within a year after that, eh?

Haven't seen the 'Horse' in years, sorry.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

7. On edit: posted twice 'cause it's just so nice.

[Stinky The Clown]

10. Many thanks!!!!

[frazzled]

8. I still want to know who was behind it!

During those early years of the Bush administration, it was a real lifeline. That, and the Bartcop forum, where we used to discuss the day's MWO religiously.

Those days seem like 100 years ago, but it was really only yesterday.

[Stinky The Clown]

12. Those were our two go-to sites.

Sparkly joined here long before I did because I was very happy with botht BartCop and MWO.

[kentuck]

15. Some thought it was Carville?

But I don't think it has ever been made public?

[bmbmd]

16. I did indeed love the Horse.

And Bart. I still read him every issue, and am not sure how he never made the bigtime.

[msanthrope]

21. Duncan Black--or Atrios, here in Philly was one of the great mind behind it.

He wrote brilliantly for the Horse, and is still found at Drinking Liberally, and other such gatherings....

[JHB]

24. His blog Eschaton is still going strong...

...and a USA Today op-ed of his on the failure of 401Ks was a front-page item here within the last week.

[msanthrope]

26. Indeed. I drank to it. nt

[Brickbat]

13. It was a classic.

[Bluenorthwest]

14. Loved the Horse!!!!!

The Horse built my internet/politics habit from the ground up.

[meow2u3]

18. It should be resurrected as Presstitutes Online

At least the word pressititue can and will make it past the censors.

Media Whores Online really exposed the presstitutes and others who prostituted themselves to the Bushies either for big bucks or simply to keep their jobs.

[JI7]

19. i Met DU through MWO

[msanthrope]

23. "a chick?" Enjoy your stay. nt

[ljm2002]

25. You're not the only one!

They are the reason I found DU. I always went there first. I wonder who it was, and why they discontinued it. It was really, really great.

[Ninga]

27. As I remember it, Tweety was a well known horse; horse of the week

horse of the month, and horse of the year.

[UTUSN]

28. r#7& k for another alum here nt

[neverforget]

29. MWO was awesome. I was sad when they went dark and miss them

for their great work.

[vanlassie]

30. One thing used to piss me off.

They would ask for suggestions of Media in Exile and, repeatedly, I would submit Amy Goodman's name. But they ignored it.

Other than that, it was a breath of fresh air back then.

[wickerwoman]

31. Damn tootin.

I think I found DU through MWO or possibly BartCop.

[Stinky The Clown]

32. We found Bartcop first and that led us to MWO.