Where are they now?
When I first began reading political websites a number of years ago, one of my favorites was called Media Whores Online. This site was anonymously written and took an irreverent and sometimes outrageous look at the media.The biggest names in so-called Journalism were skewered for their often pusillanimous rendering of the news. At the time, as a more naive consumer of information than I am today, I often took exception to some of my favorites being taken to task like that. Still, I enjoyed the daily flinging of excrement at the perfectly-coiffed crowd
Perhaps more than any other website, however, the serious intent of the author(s) was hidden by the site's wit and irreverence. The attitude was fuck all the whores, but beneath the attitude there was an almost desperate attempt to wake people up to how egregiously American attitudes and public opinion were being manipulated by the corporate mainstream media. And interestingly enough, it was said that among journalists, the site was very popular.
Then about a year ago, suddenly the site was gone. No explanation. Just gone. Even a Google search reveals nothing of why it disappeared. Perhaps it was simply that the site's author had gotten a job that didn't allow for the time it takes to produce a website like that. Or perhaps there were more sinister explanations for the site's demise. What's surprising is that even on the conspiracy-drenched Internet, there's little or no speculation about it.
More surprising to me, however, is that no one has taken up the gauntlet to out the increasing number of whores in journalism.
The irony and perhaps delicious prescience of Media Whores Online is that with the Jeff Gannon/White House Press Corps saga, an actual honest-to-god whore became George Bush's favorite go-to guy for questions at White House press conferences.
posted by mauiloa @ 9:52 AM
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