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In a 2004 e-mail to Salon, MWO defended its contributors' anonymity, saying exposure could "detrimentally affect their employment," and invoked the "long tradition of anonymous speech in
America." Around that point, the MWO site went dark with the note "Out to Pasture" (with two horses showing). When
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He bookmarks the
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had received "hundreds of e-mails" after MWO criticized him. MWO began emphasizing politeness after the incident. Freelancer
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corresponded with the MWO operator, he was told simply that "real life" had prevented blogging, but that MWO hoped to return for the fall elections, which never happened.
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derived from recurring errors in transcripts of TV programs which mentioned the site; the transcripts called it "Media Horse Online."
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and Marc Perkel, a conclusion both vehemently denied. MWO had always linked directly to
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