Is Media Matters being DOS attacked?

[concreteblue]

I have been getting "502 Bad Gateway" messages for three days most of the time I try to look at the site. When it does show up, loading time is pretty slow. Anybody know what up wit dat?

[meegbear]

1. I'm getting 504 Bad Gateway this morning ...

been able to get in with no issues before.

[annabanana]

2. I'll bet they are. The RW really can't handle the truth. The second

they get back up, I'm donating ...

[NNN0LHI]

3. It just fired right up for me like always

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Faux News is attacking Media Matters with the IRS

When Fox News Attacks: The Assault On Media Matters

Posted by Mark on June 29, 2011 at 1:28 pm.

In case you haven’t noticed, Fox News has recently initiated a sustained assault on the media watchdog group, Media Matters. In the past week they have featured numerous stories with the express purpose of challenging to the group’s right to exist.


This latest batch of complaints stem from comments made last March by Media Matters founder, David Brock. He was quoted in Politico as saying that the organization was shifting its focus toward Fox News to one of “guerrilla warfare and sabotage.” Under those circumstances it may not be surprising that Fox has taken up a barrage of criticism aimed at Media Matters. It seems only fair that Fox defend itself from such an overt declaration of war.
The only thing that might refute that perspective is – reality.
Fox News began this war long ago with aggressive and false assertions that cast Media Matters as hacks, anti-American, violent, and communist. They alleged that George Soros was pulling their strings long before Soros ever made any contributions the group. Fox stalwarts like Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck engaged in rhetoric so hostile that it inspired actual physical attacks against Media Matters and their progressive allies. So if this is war, it is one wherein Fox is the aggressor.
Another thing that makes this blitzkrieg unseemly is that Fox likes to pretend that it is a news enterprise. While Media Matters has as its mission to monitor the press, report their findings, and take actions to improve the state of the media, Fox is over-stepping ethical boundaries in becoming an activist enterprise targeting ideological foes. That is not the role of legitimate journalism.

The most recent line of attack by Fox is that Media Matters has violated the terms of their tax-exempt status by setting their sights on Fox. They quote from the rules governing non-profits that state that…


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http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=4774

Its asking it viewers to attack it.

[meegbear]

5. I got in now; the main page is there, but I get ...

500: Internal Server Error

We're sorry, but there has been a system error. The Media Matters technology department has been notified of the problem.

[meegbear]

6. It appears to be up 9:12AM EST