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bobbyw24
06-04-2011, 06:41 PM
Matt Drudge's disgusting race war awareness campaign

By Alex Pareene

Matt Drudge's non-political obsessions used to be harmless things like "extreme weather" and "pictures of Olympic wrestlers." Since the election of Barack Obama, though, Drudge -- the proto-blogger and reclusive creator of the noted Courier New tribute site the Drudge Report -- has developed a new fixation. He seems to be actively seeking out and publicizing stories of kids and young people getting in fights. Not just any people, mind you! People with something in particular in common.

It sort of started with the tale of Ashley Todd, the 20-year-old McCain campaign volunteer who claimed she was attacked by a savage, black Obama supporter, who supposedly carved the letter "B" into her face. She made the whole thing up, but her story's many inconsistencies and unlikely elements did not stop Drudge from heavily publicizing it, until it all fell apart.

This is the narrative that Drudge is trying to create, especially on slow news weekends when there's nothing real to aggregate and post: The blacks are rising up and attacking the whites. If that sounds a bit crazy, in a Charles Manson way, then you're obviously not paying attention. Black people are angry and they're taking over!

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/06/01/drudge_race_panic/index.html

bobbyw24
06-04-2011, 06:43 PM
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?296002-Drudge-Lead-Teen-Gangs-Unleashed-on-Boston-Beach&p=3310518&viewfull=1#post3310518

low preference guy
06-04-2011, 07:25 PM
I claim that Alex Pareene is a moron who blames the messenger instead of focusing on the actual problems Drudge brings our attention to.

BlackTerrel
06-04-2011, 07:31 PM
Just based on anecdotally from RPF Drudge does seem to post a lot of youtube videos on the issue. The McDonald's incident was a YouTube video of a fight - but got attention because it was on Drudge.

That said - there won't be anything as dumb as a "race war" anytime soon.

low preference guy
06-04-2011, 07:34 PM
Drudge posts a lot of stuff and confrontations between whites often. But some people want Drudge to post anything he wants EXCEPT when a black person attacks a white person. I think that's nonsense, and Drudge will obviously won't listen to it.

doodle
06-04-2011, 07:35 PM
Although Drudge has done some good work for defending gay rights and has come a long way lately As he prints pro liberty news too...but looking at history of his reporting it becomes clear that he used to be in bed allthey way with pro war neocons. His reporting is a mixed bag at best.

Cowlesy
06-04-2011, 07:36 PM
I am sure after this Salon.com article Drudge's hits will dry up and no one will ever visit there again.

bobbyw24
06-06-2011, 07:54 AM
I am sure after this Salon.com article Drudge's hits will dry up and no one will ever visit there again.

Dude, it's happening already. Amazing. LOL

AlexanderY
06-06-2011, 08:37 AM
Being from South Florida, I think Drudge was correct to raise the issue about violence during "Urban Weekend" in Miami Beach.

It was a ghetto disaster. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwxuiAIuZlE)

Seriously (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDs-Wp_TN2c)

Thankfully, there were protests on June 3, 2011 calling for the end of "Urban Weekend." (http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=pa.214445438586958)

My aunt, who is an elderly woman, was calling my mother asking her to stay with her at her apartment complex.

She wasn't the only resident that was ticked off about "Urban Weekend" either. (http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/03/2249379/innocent-bystander-says-police.html)

I thank Drudge for bringing the "Urban Weekend" issue into the headlines.

scottditzen
06-06-2011, 08:39 AM
I can't say whether Drudge is inciting racism.

But man, he sure has an infatuation with sharks.

Has any shark attack in the world ever gone unnoticed by the Drudge Report?

PaleoForPaul
06-06-2011, 09:11 AM
Haha, who is inciting racism the people committing the crime, or the guy reporting on it?