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| {{Short description|Website that tracks left-wing individuals and groups}} | |||
| ⚫ | '''Discover the Networks''' is a |
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| | name = Discover the Networks | |||
| | url = {{URL|https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/}} | |||
| | commercial = No | |||
| | type = Online Database | |||
| | language = ] | |||
| | owner = ] | |||
| | current_status = Active | |||
| | revenue = Donations | |||
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| ⚫ | '''Discover the Networks''' (originally '''Discover the Network''') ('''DtN''') is a website run by the ] that focuses on tracking individuals, groups, and the history of groups that are politically ]. DtN was launched in 2004 and has a staff of about a dozen contributors. Its current Editor-in-Chief is ]; John Perazzo is the project's managing editor, and Richard Poe is its investigative editor. Discover the Networks is associated with ]. | ||
| According to the project's missions statement, Discover the Network's goal is to provide a comprehensive "guide to the political left" covering "the individuals and organizations that make up the left and also the institutions that fund and sustain it." The project also seeks to "define the left's...programmatic agendas," which it contends are often concealed. The project's contributers contend that the political left in the United States commonly applies a "deceptive public presentation" of itself that conceals a network of affiliations and shared political views with "radical agendas" with a variety of ], ], ] and other "anti-]" and "anti-American" causes. | |||
| ==Overview== | |||
| The project currently maintains a database of prominent leftist personalities in academia, politics, and the media as well as leftist interest groups. It assembles and publishes data on the financial backers of liberal personalities and organizations. Much of their research focuses upon individuals with financial connections to groups that espouse communism and socialism and with ] ] organizations, but the group is also concerned with critics of the ], advocates of ] (which the website refers to as a "post-Communist terminology for socialism and communism"), and members or supporters of ]. When first launched, the website received ridicule from many ] and ] media and blogs for listing radical Muslim terrorists and entertainment celebrities such as ] and ] on the same page . Horowitz initally justified these juxtapositions as a "quirk in the format" , but as of ] the site has now stopped this practice. | |||
| The project's contributors contend that the political left in the United States commonly applies a "deceptive public presentation" of itself that conceals a network of affiliations and shared political views with "radical agendas". It views these as ], ] and "]" causes.<ref name=ncrk>{{cite web|url=http://www.newcriterion.com/posts.cfm/discover-networks-3925|author=Roger Kimball|title=Discover the Networks|publisher=]|date=May 25, 2005}}</ref> The website is meant to be the conservative analog of left-leaning websites that compile lists that include conservatives such as those created by ] and ].<ref name=salon050412/> | |||
| The website has been criticized for including leftists on the same list as ].<ref name=salon050412>{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/2005/04/12/horowitz_database/|title=Roger Ebert and Mohammed Atta, partners in crime|date=April 12, 2005|newspaper=Salon|author=John Gorenfeld}}</ref> Horowitz, who wrote about the alleged connection between these groups in his book ''Unholy Alliance,'' says "that groups who despise one another might actually be working closely together, maybe without even knowing it." It's not what they are for but that they are "linked by anti-Americanism" that accounts for their being in alignment on the political front.<ref name=salon050412/> ] objects to being described as a supporter of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portfolio.du.edu/downloadItem/141310|title=Response to David Horowitz: What I think of My Most Dangerous Professors Profile|author=Dean Saitta|date=March 11, 2006}}</ref> | |||
| Discover the Network is associated with the ], which has received numerous grants from ] foundations. | |||
| ==Database of profiles== | |||
| DtN currently maintains a database of prominent leftist personalities in academia, politics, and the media as well as leftist interest groups.<ref name=about>{{cite web|url=http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1872|title=What This Site Is About|work=Discover the Networks}}</ref><ref name=kurtz>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/259679/discover-networks-stanley-kurtz|title=Discover the Networks|author=Stanley Kurtz|date=Feb 14, 2011|work=National Review Online}}</ref> It assembles and publishes data on the financial backers of ] personalities and organizations. Much of their research focuses upon individuals with financial connections to groups that espouse communism and socialism as well as Palestinians and their supporters, but the group is also concerned with critics of the ], advocates of ] (which the website refers to as a "post-Communist terminology for socialism and communism"), and members or supporters of ].{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} | |||
| When first launched the website was criticized for a jump page picturing entertainment celebrities such as ] and ] adjacent to radical Muslim terrorists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michaelberube.com/index.php/weblog/new_look_same_topic/|author=Michael Bérubé|title=New look, same topic|date=February 25, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newpatriot.org/2005/02/heart-of-darkness-horowitz-horowitz.html|title=Heart of Darkness|work=New Patriot|date=Feb 2005}}</ref> The site now divides the pictures on the jump page into distinct categories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individual.asp|title=Discover the Networks:Individuals}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discoverthenetworks.com/Articles/Defining%20the%20Left%20-%20tampa.htm|title=Defining the Left|author=David Horowitz|date=March 2, 2005}}</ref> | |||
| ==Contributors== | |||
| The website houses the articles of historian ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hnn.us/article/154258|date=December 16, 2013|title=Writings of Ron Radosh available now on Discover The Network|publisher=HNN}}</ref> | |||
| The website houses the articles of undercover investigative journalist Lee Kaplan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Author.aspx/436|date=June 25, 2016|title= contributor Discover the Network}}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{Reflist}} | |||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:52, 23 September 2024
Website that tracks left-wing individuals and groups| Type of site | Online Database |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | David Horowitz Freedom Center |
| Revenue | Donations |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | No |
| Current status | Active |
Discover the Networks (originally Discover the Network) (DtN) is a website run by the David Horowitz Freedom Center that focuses on tracking individuals, groups, and the history of groups that are politically left wing. DtN was launched in 2004 and has a staff of about a dozen contributors. Its current Editor-in-Chief is David Horowitz; John Perazzo is the project's managing editor, and Richard Poe is its investigative editor. Discover the Networks is associated with FrontPage Magazine.
Overview
The project's contributors contend that the political left in the United States commonly applies a "deceptive public presentation" of itself that conceals a network of affiliations and shared political views with "radical agendas". It views these as socialist, environmentalist and "anti-American" causes. The website is meant to be the conservative analog of left-leaning websites that compile lists that include conservatives such as those created by Southern Poverty Law Center and Media Matters.
The website has been criticized for including leftists on the same list as terrorists. Horowitz, who wrote about the alleged connection between these groups in his book Unholy Alliance, says "that groups who despise one another might actually be working closely together, maybe without even knowing it." It's not what they are for but that they are "linked by anti-Americanism" that accounts for their being in alignment on the political front. Dean Saitta objects to being described as a supporter of Ward Churchill.
Database of profiles
DtN currently maintains a database of prominent leftist personalities in academia, politics, and the media as well as leftist interest groups. It assembles and publishes data on the financial backers of left wing personalities and organizations. Much of their research focuses upon individuals with financial connections to groups that espouse communism and socialism as well as Palestinians and their supporters, but the group is also concerned with critics of the USA PATRIOT Act, advocates of social justice (which the website refers to as a "post-Communist terminology for socialism and communism"), and members or supporters of labor unions.
When first launched the website was criticized for a jump page picturing entertainment celebrities such as Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand adjacent to radical Muslim terrorists. The site now divides the pictures on the jump page into distinct categories.
Contributors
The website houses the articles of historian Ron Radosh.
The website houses the articles of undercover investigative journalist Lee Kaplan.
References
- Roger Kimball (May 25, 2005). "Discover the Networks". The New Criterion.
- ^ John Gorenfeld (April 12, 2005). "Roger Ebert and Mohammed Atta, partners in crime". Salon.
- Dean Saitta (March 11, 2006). "Response to David Horowitz: What I think of My Most Dangerous Professors Profile".
- "What This Site Is About". Discover the Networks.
- Stanley Kurtz (Feb 14, 2011). "Discover the Networks". National Review Online.
- Michael Bérubé (February 25, 2005). "New look, same topic".
- "Heart of Darkness". New Patriot. Feb 2005.
- "Discover the Networks:Individuals".
- David Horowitz (March 2, 2005). "Defining the Left".
- "Writings of Ron Radosh available now on Discover The Network". HNN. December 16, 2013.
- "contributor Discover the Network". June 25, 2016.