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Moby leading a jihad against cybergossip Matt Drudge(Freerepublic mention)
NYDAILYNEWS ^ | 01/23/04 | Lloyd Grove

Posted on 01/23/2004 11:34:28 AM PST by Pikamax

Cho-time for Moby vs. Drudge

Activist rocker Moby is leading a jihad against cybergossip Matt Drudge, blaming him for inciting "far right-wingers" who sent abusive and racist E-mails to comedian Margaret Cho. On his Web site and in private messages to friends, Moby has been claiming that Drudge "took out of context" Cho's stream of anti-Republican invective - intended as comedy shtick - during last week's moveon.org awards show at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

"I was outraged," Moby told me. "Everyone knows that Margaret's comedy is very irreverent and Lenny Bruce-style confrontational, and Matt Drudge took it out of context and exposed her to some really irresponsible and vile reactions."

"That's absurd," Drudge responded. He pointed out that the posts on drudgereport.com had clearly identified Cho as a "comedian" and set the scene for her profanity-laced remarks, which he published at length under the headline "RAW RAGE AT BUSH DURING MOVEON.ORG AWARDS."

A couple of days after posting the excerpts, Drudge published Cho's complete routine from the event.

Among her saltier observations, during the liberal group's celeb-studded gala to honor political ads attacking President Bush: "Despite all of this stupid bull-- that the Republican National Committee, or whatever the f-- they call them, that they were saying that they're all angry about how two of these ads were comparing Bush to Hitler? I mean, out of thousands of submissions, they find two. They're like f-- looking for Hitler in a haystack. ...George Bush is not Hitler. He would be, if he f-- applied himself."

After Drudge's account was linked by the right-leaning FreeRepublic.com, Cho received dozens of ugly E-mails, most of them unprintable in a family newspaper. (A typical message advised the California-born Korean-American: "Go back to Asia you slanted eye whore.")

On her own Web site this week, Cho wrote to a concerned fan: "I know that I have not pulled punches with the way that I beat the s-- out of Dumya, I mean Dubya."

Moby told me: "The only good to come of this is that the extreme right has shown their true colors. ...Bush is masquerading as a 'compassionate conservative,' but they've now exposed their extremely right-wing, misogynistic, racist agenda."

Drudge shot back: "Those E-mails are mild compared to what I receive on a daily basis. That is the nature of the Internet. Moby and his friends just have to 'butch up.'"


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: activistactors; antiamericanism; bushhaters; choisademho; fr; frbashing; freerepublic; lovedclintonswar; mediabias; moby; morondotorg; moveon; moveondotorg; shutupandsing; stalinsusefulidiots; usefulidiots; uselessidiots
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To: Pikamax
"I was outraged," Moby told me. "Everyone knows that Margaret's comedy is very irreverent.

I guess its cool for the left to be irreverant of conservatives, but a crime if conservatives dont sugar coat their feelings about loopy lefties.

41 posted on 01/23/2004 12:16:49 PM PST by mylife
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To: JohnnyZ
After Drudge's account was linked by the right-leaning FreeRepublic.com

"leaning?"

That's what I was thinking. ;)

42 posted on 01/23/2004 12:23:18 PM PST by The Grammarian
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To: Pikamax
INTREP - anti-Drudge
43 posted on 01/23/2004 12:24:11 PM PST by LiteKeeper
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To: Itzlzha
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
44 posted on 01/23/2004 12:25:52 PM PST by weave09
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To: Pikamax
Cho's website operator blamed Free Republic for ALL of the racist email and even linked an FR thread about Cho's rant. There was no racism in the FR thread but that did not stop antiConservative trolls from making suicide attacks on Free Republic.

Again FR is getting unfairly trashed in the press over this. I even posted to that thread (for the benefit of the visiting trolls) that FR does not tolerate such language (foul or racist). It is "possible" that FReepers did use such language in emails but there were many FReeper emails that were more civil that never got mentioned. Additionally DUsruptors like to pull the wool over people's eyes and pin blame on us.

A bunch of pro-Cho propaganda that does nothing to defuse the venomous hate in her foul mouthed rant.

45 posted on 01/23/2004 12:27:59 PM PST by weegee
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To: Pikamax
LMAO and I'm sure Moveon.org does nothing to incite vitriol out of left wing extremists like Moby right? LMAO
46 posted on 01/23/2004 12:30:54 PM PST by cupcakes
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To: cwboelter
They reason they are so hateful is that they are angry and hateful about any authority figure. They could relate to Clinton because he was just out of control as they are. Bush however reminds them of their parents, he is after all an adult, something they don't want to be.
Remember, they all know people who were smarter, more talented, even harder working then them who didn't make it show business. It was just dumb luck they became successful.
47 posted on 01/23/2004 12:31:31 PM PST by LauraJean (Fukai please pass the squid sauce)
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To: sirshackleton
Yup, it's the classic lefty excuse...."Oh I was just being satirical! It was just a joke! Don't you have any sense of humor?!?!? Geez!" It's the way leftist wriggle out of taking responsibility for their comments. So, because they're just being funny-ha-ha, they feel like they deserve to be given a pass on what they say. Glad to see they haven't ditched that transparent strategy...it's just indicative of how weak their arguments really are.

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48 posted on 01/23/2004 12:31:56 PM PST by ambrose
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To: Pikamax
So Free Republic is a "right leaning" website but there is no mention that MoveOn.Org is a socialist liberal Political Action Committee? Yeah, there is "fair" treatment in the press.

Free Republic makes no bones about the FACT that it is a Conservative Forum. MoveOn.org is not a "non-profit organization" (the type of entity commonly found on the .ORGs); they are a non-tax deductible partisan PAC (something visitors would learn reading the fine print of that website).

49 posted on 01/23/2004 12:33:21 PM PST by weegee
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To: Pikamax
Drudge shot back: "Those E-mails are mild compared to what I receive on a daily basis. That is the nature of the Internet. Moby and his friends just have to 'butch up.'"

No kidding. You couldn't pay me enough to sort the daily inbox of a right of center news personality like Rush, Drudge, Hannity, or JimRob. It would be like opening a door to the flaming pits of leftist hell every day.

50 posted on 01/23/2004 12:34:38 PM PST by Steel Wolf ("Inveniemus viam aut faciemus" - We will either find a way or make one.)
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To: Pikamax
"right leaning"

How dare he call a solid republican group, right leaning.

51 posted on 01/23/2004 12:35:09 PM PST by cynicom
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To: antiRepublicrat
Moby really saw an increase in his bank account a couple of years ago when his songs started getting used for tv ads. It directly benefitted him and he also saw an increase in album sales as a result.

Perhaps a boycott of advertisers who use Moby's music would be in order.

52 posted on 01/23/2004 12:36:50 PM PST by weegee
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To: Pikamax
"Go back to Asia you slanted eye whore."

I doubt that would have made it past the Admin Mods. Truck Driving Leftist Freakout, perhaps, but not "slanted eye whore." We can confront her stupidity directly without involving her race.

53 posted on 01/23/2004 12:46:22 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Leave Pat, Leave!)
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To: Pikamax
typical. The poor, poor defenseless Libs love to dish out hate and nastyness, but can't take when they experience it.


54 posted on 01/23/2004 12:54:21 PM PST by Johnny Gage (What would Geronimo say if he jumped out of an airplane?)
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To: Pikamax
What's pink, 10 feet long and floats in the sea?

You already know the answer. But it's still funny.
55 posted on 01/23/2004 12:55:17 PM PST by Poser
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To: Pikamax
>Drudge shot back: "Those E-mails are mild compared to >what I receive on a daily basis. That is the nature of >the Internet. Moby and his friends just have to 'butch >up.'"

I imagine that Drudge does get alot of hate mail, but those don't count because they are from the people who are correct. /sarcasm off.

I love it, "butch up", lmbo!


56 posted on 01/23/2004 1:01:53 PM PST by sandbar
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To: gnarledmaw
I've only seen Cho on the comedy channel. I don't think she's all that funny. I keep remembering a WSJ article in the
1980s. The "market" for full-time, standup comedians was about 200 in the US at the time.
57 posted on 01/23/2004 1:27:57 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: MotleyGirl70
Moby


58 posted on 01/23/2004 1:34:57 PM PST by m1-lightning (Weapons of deterrence do not deter terrorists; people of deterrence do.)
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To: ambrose
I can't believe I'm listed by name on that dang website!

Although he defines me all wrong....

59 posted on 01/23/2004 1:48:31 PM PST by The Grammarian
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To: RightOnline
Moby, eh? So.........when did he drop the Dick?

He never had one.

Zank you. Zank you. I'll be here all of ze veek.

60 posted on 01/23/2004 2:45:36 PM PST by Tall_Texan (Some day I'll have a rock-hard body - once rigor mortis sets in.)
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