# Is there a left-wing equivalent to David Horowitz' "Discover the Network" site?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 8, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-wing-equivalent-to-david-horowitz-discover-the-network-site/343602 "2006-02-08T22:10:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-wing-equivalent-to-david-horowitz-discover-the-network-site/343602/1 "2006-02-08T22:10:24Z")

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Right-wing commentator (to put it kindly) David Horowitz has a website called “Discover the Network” – [http://www.discoverthenetwork.com/](http://www.discoverthenetwork.com/) – which purports to track the lines of funding and support between various liberal and leftist activists and organizations. Intended, obviously, as a reconnaisance report for right-wing activists (although it also could serve as an educational resource for a newbie progressive who doesn’t know all the players yet).

Makes me wonder – has any liberal activist put up an analogous site, tracking the lines of funding between various right-wing organizations, think tanks, etc.?

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-wing-equivalent-to-david-horowitz-discover-the-network-site/343602/2 "2006-02-08T22:28:54Z")

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Well, there’s [http://rightweb.irc-online.org](http://rightweb.irc-online.org)

It’s still growing.

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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-wing-equivalent-to-david-horowitz-discover-the-network-site/343602/3 "2006-02-08T22:47:35Z")

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What I think you’re looking for is [SourceWatch](http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=SourceWatch), a project of the [Center for Media and Democracy](http://www.prwatch.org/).

They investigate Democrats as well, though, so they’re not exactly a “left-wing equivalent” of “Discover the Network”, which AFAIK is devoted exclusively to tracking lefties.

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-wing-equivalent-to-david-horowitz-discover-the-network-site/343602/4 "2006-02-08T23:12:38Z")

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**Kimstu** beat me to it. The Center for Media and Democracy does some really great stuff.