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bartcop was a liberal blogger from Tulsa, Oklahoma, active on the web since 1996 who produced his own internet radio show beginning in 2004. "bartcop" was the moniker of Terry R. Coppage, born September 1, 1953. He died March 5th, 2014. On his death he received many tributes from the liberal blogosphere. 〔 William Rivers Pitt | In Memory of Bartcop: Seedcorn, Pioneer, Patriot. ''Truthout'' March 11, 2014. http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/22376-in-memory-of-bartcop-seedcorn-pioneer-patriot〕 bartcop.com consisted of humorous political commentary from a liberal perspective.Scathing criticism of the Republicans, and sometimes Democrats in signature bartcop "rants" were a main draw of the site. Although a serious political commentator (i.e., his site is not satire), bartcop sometimes described himself as primarily a comedian. The constant witticisms and humor that defined his page gained him a large and loyal readership. bartcop was an ardent Bill Clinton loyalist. He supported Hillary Clinton's bid for the presidency in 2008, and had been an outspoken opponent of Barack Obama, splitting with the majority of the liberal Blogosphere and causing much controversy from late 2007 up until June 2008, when Sen. Obama secured enough delegates to carry his party's nomination. Since then, bartcop threw full support behind Sen. Obama.() == Overview == Before the internet, World Wide Web, and the "blogosphere" gained popularity, bartcop was a frequent poster in Prodigy discussion groups. After gaining a formidable following bartcop began publishing an opt-in email Newsletter titled "Rush Limba, Lying Nazi Whore" with the name, a reference to conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, intentionally spelling his last name phonetically. bartcop.com was established in February 1996. bartcop.com now is the masthead for several websites as well as a radio show, available to financial supporters of bartcop.com. Many of the site's readers frequent the #bartcop IRC chat room. In the 2004 Democratic Primary, bartcop gave some support to Dennis Kucinich and Howard Dean before finally endorsing Wesley Clark, both because of his military credentials and his closeness to Clinton. bartcop's endorsement of Clark in the primary helped Clark win Oklahoma where bartcop lived and voted. Immediately after Clark's departure from the race, bartcop followed Clark in endorsing John Kerry. In 2008 bartcop endorsed Hillary Clinton, and spent most of the primary season battling it out with Barack Obama supporters. He opposed the less experienced Obama, contending that nominating Obama would guarantee a loss in the general election. bartcop's often-stated message was a variation on: "If our goal is to nominate a Black man, we should go with Obama. But what if our goal is to win the White House?"() bartcop later reversed course, praising Obama for how he's handled attacks coming from the right: () A long-running feature of the page was to publish the text of angry e-mails sent in by opponents, which Bart called "monkey mail". He posted the emails and replied point by point with derisive and humorous commentary. However, the lack of a dedicated comments facility has led to claims of censorship or even a dishonest 'framing' of comments. bartcop liked to end each issue with an image of Shirley Manson from the band Garbage. Ironically Manson said that she likes to read Salon.com a rival liberal blog. In 2002, Salon.com infamously fingered Coppage and Marc Perkel as the authors behind the anonymously-published Media Whores Online, a conclusion both vehemently denied.()() MWO had always linked directly to bartcop's site and an essay of his, (The Myth of the Liberal Media ), as a kind of mission statement. To this day MWO's author remains unidentified. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bartcop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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