"Launched on September 13, 1996, Disinformation was designed to be the search service of choice for individuals looking for information on current affairs, politics, new science and the "hidden information" that seldom seems to slip through the cracks of the corporate-owned media conglomerates. Ironically, it was funded by one of the largest media companies in the world (TeleCommunications, Inc. (TCI), now part of Comcast), who paid for placement on Netscape's then ubiquitous search page."
"The site drew immediate attention and (usually) applause from the very same news media that it was criticizing as being under the influence of both government and big business, but the honeymoon was short. Some three weeks after launch the CEO of TCI learned of Disinformation and immediately ordered it closed down. Needless to say, site founder Richard Metzger and a few loyal members of his team managed to keep the site going and it has evolved into the largest and most popular alternative news and underground culture destination on the Web. At the height of the dotcom boom The Disinformation Company was acquired by one of the high fliers of the so-called "New Economy", Razorfish; when the bubble burst so did Razorfish and today The Disinformation Company is owned and operated by Metzger and business partner Gary Baddeley, with offices in New York City." [1]
Features: This Divided State, Wal-Mart: The High Cost Of Low Price, Everything You Know About Sex Is Wrong, Generation Hex (The voices of the real Harry Potters), 50 American Revolutions That You're Not Supposed To Know,
The subject list of the old disinfo.com included:
activism,aliens,conspiracies,drugs,entertainment,environment,government,history,humanrights, media,mindcontrol,paranormal,people,philosophies,politics,science,sex,spirituality,technology