Matt Drudge

[vita3]

Got a question here..how warped is this guy in real life?

He always has some incendiary posted @ the top of his website. Right now it's "burned alive" pic w/ flames. Always playing up threat of war w/ Iran/N Korea, etc etc

Besides having to highlight war/fear/death/Gov takeover 24/7 every day all year, it most also wear on his soul being a homosexual while suporting a political party that outwardly is 100% against that lifestyle

Not trying to attack that guy too much, just wondering if it's healthy for 10+ million Americans to tune into this guy's on-line media creation everyday.

[green73]

He's a great news provider. But a rotten neocon too.

[Cowlesy]

He's a great news provider. But a rotten neocon too.

Drudge is not a neoconservative. He's more of a WorldNetDaily mold. A neoconservative would never promote Pat Buchanan columns on an almost weekly basis. He's a news aggregator, and people visit his site multiple times a day because he always has a bit of everything on it. Yes, sometimes it's stuff Bill Kristol types would like (in fact, he's posted a lot of stuff from The Weekly Standard lately), but also stuff from Nat Hentoff, other libertarian types. Heck there have been a few times where a bunch of us send him something as simple as an amazing Youtube clip and he'll post it.

I like Drudge, because every side has a beef with him. Yet no side can ignore him.

[kathy88]

Drudge is not a neoconservative. He's more of a WorldNetDaily mold. A neoconservative would never promote Pat Buchanan columns on an almost weekly basis. He's a news aggregator, and people visit his site multiple times a day because he always has a bit of everything on it. Yes, sometimes it's stuff Bill Kristol types would like (in fact, he's posted a lot of stuff from The Weekly Standard lately), but also stuff from Nat Hentoff, other libertarian types. Heck there have been a few times where a bunch of us send him something as simple as an amazing Youtube clip and he'll post it.

I like Drudge, because every side has a beef with him. Yet no side can ignore him.

Very well put. Drudge definately has a place in this madness.

[itshappening]

Drudge has been very good. He's even posted Schiff columns and features infowars.com -I know featuring infowars drives a lot of people crazy

[sparebulb]

Drudge would post Ron Paul news even in the height of the media RP blackout. He even reported the blackout. So......why do we not like him?

[ChristianAnarchist]

I check drudge first for news. That said, I remember that he did not treat coverage of Ron Paul fairly in 2007-2008. Sometimes one of drudge's minions would post a story about the Ron Paul movement, but within hours, it would be dropped from the page. You see other stories would start at the top and then work their way down during the day, but the Ron Paul stuff would just drop off. Even during this last election cycle (although better) he would still tend to drop the Ron Paul stuff faster than any other news stories.

There's NO WAY to get the coverage the liberty movement deserves in the mainstream because it doesn't pay $$$.

[Carehn]

Drudge is kinda his own political party. But I didn't know he was gay. That makes him even more interesting. I feel he is very in touch with the zeitgeist and molds his site to that. I don't know how he personal feels about anything really.

[vita3]

My post was not about if he includes Ron Paulish/Libertarian stories

I've been following him for about a month dailly & his constant incendiary slant is starting to wear on me. FEAR & BLOOD SELLS!

That said, I scan thru his stuff & almost always find something interesting

Just wondering how healthy it is following him & if any actions/changes comes from consuming his on-line web-site?

[Occam's Banana]

Just wondering how healthy it is following him & if any actions/changes comes from consuming his on-line web-site?

It's just a website. I don't get it ...

Healthy how? What actions? What changes?

Healthy as in not catching a rash or developing rabies?

Actions like worshipping the Devil or eating Christian babies?

Changes like craving pickled eggs or touching doorknobs three times before going through?

:confused::confused::confused:

[itshappening]

My post was not about if he includes Ron Paulish/Libertarian stories

I've been following him for about a month dailly & his constant incendiary slant is starting to wear on me. FEAR & BLOOD SELLS!

That said, I scan thru his stuff & almost always find something interesting

Just wondering how healthy it is following him & if any actions/changes comes from consuming his on-line web-site?

Drudge is watched by everyone in talk radio and the newsrooms, he's very influential.

That said, get your news from a variety of sources and don't rely on Drudge

[ravedown]

drudge gets the info out faster than most..but yes-he perpetuates the fear meme's ( north korea/iran nukes/israel's plight/flu/disease etc.) annoying but it works for him i suppose. i don't get his hangup with storms and catastrophic weather tho-like most media, he has a east coast bias. he's definitely MSM-so take that for what it's worth.

[Matt Collins]

All of talk radio goes to his site and bases their show off of what they see there

[vita3]

All of talk radio goes to his site and bases their show off of what they see there

I always wonder who sets the agenda for the days "news" topics, in radio & tv it amazes me that almost every
individual show talks about the same thing.

[jj-]

The execution of Chris Dorner, by burning him alive, SHOULD BE ON THE FRONT PAGE. People need to realize what's going on.

[MRK]

All of talk radio goes to his site and bases their show off of what they see there

Aye. Even more traditional TV and online outlets are now using drudge's stories, and act like they get interesting breaking news stories fast for their viewers. They just load up drudge's site, lol. Sometimes they are 3 days late on topics and act like no one's heard about it them before then. They may be right to an extent, as not all mainstream outlets use those kinds of stories. When they do, they consider them breaking stories. Hirarious.

[RonPaulMall]

Drudge is kinda his own political party.

He is not a political party at all. He is a self made journalist who built the most influential news aggregation site in the world. The Drudgereport presents the days most interesting news items in an easy to read and entertaining way. Nothing more, nothing less.

[EBounding]

He's not a neo-con. He actually likes Ron Paul, but just doesn't think he can lead. Besides the 3 months leading up to a presidential election, Drudge simply has a pulse on what people are interested in. He's still better than the mainstream media.

[donnay]

The execution of Chris Dorner, by burning him alive, SHOULD BE ON THE FRONT PAGE. People need to realize what's going on.

+rep Absolutely!

[TheGrinch]

All of talk radio goes to his site and bases their show off of what they see there

And if he didn't provide what they were looking for, they'd go somewhere else.

It's a news aggregation site that caters to right-leaning folks. I'm not really sure why it's a surprise that it's everything from libertarian to warhawking.

[whippoorwill]

Matt Drudge is an American that I am thankfull for. We are encircled by socialists, he has made a window from which to rain fire down upon them.

[vita3]

Please don't Chuck Hagel me Donnay, just asking an honest question based on info that all talk radio uses him for topic discussions.

[Murray N Rothbard]

Drudge is of of the few counterbalances to the mainstream media. Inflammatory and sensationalist as it may sometimes be, it's nice to have at least someone is in "our" corner.

[sailingaway]

I don't personally think his headline was over the top, so much as the facts were over the top: Police Deliberately Fire Cabin, Execute Suspect http://theintelhub.com/2013/02/13/police-deliberately-fire-cabin-execute-suspect/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[vita3]

i just think he almost never highlights anything good.

Like I said fear & blood is the main push. 24/7 every day all day

[sailingaway]

i just think he almost never highlights anything good.

Like I said fear & blood is the main push. 24/7 every day all day

That is mostly true, with the occasional two headed calf, so to speak.

although, he does do just current events, who is winning an election, major polls and stuff.

[vita3]

It's been an interesting month checking his creation. very addictiing, that said I'm giving it up for lent:p

but if a 3 headed lion makes the cut, please post it here

[Anti Federalist]

Drudge is not a neoconservative. He's more of a WorldNetDaily mold. A neoconservative would never promote Pat Buchanan columns on an almost weekly basis. He's a news aggregator, and people visit his site multiple times a day because he always has a bit of everything on it. Yes, sometimes it's stuff Bill Kristol types would like (in fact, he's posted a lot of stuff from The Weekly Standard lately), but also stuff from Nat Hentoff, other libertarian types. Heck there have been a few times where a bunch of us send him something as simple as an amazing Youtube clip and he'll post it.

I like Drudge, because every side has a beef with him. Yet no side can ignore him.

Agreed, well stated.

Drudge also posts InfoWars original content.

That's good enough for me.

[Anti Federalist]

i just think he almost never highlights anything good.

Like I said fear & blood is the main push. 24/7 every day all day

"If It Bleeds, It Leads"

[Zee]

I'm not a long time visitor of drudge, nor a frequent one, though I was there more often during the primaries. Watching what the site reported (and what it didn't report), I'm a little surprised by the praise here and how often I see "we need to send this to drudge" on RP related sites.

Drudge might have touched on the RP media blackout as one of the comments here mentioned, but so did the other msm. Drudge ignored what was going on during the primaries just as much as the other msm. Maddow probably reported more on the shenanigans than Drudge, but she just scratched at it to make the GOP look bad. For the most part drudge ignored the RP campaign, yet jumped at the chance to toss up the misleading headline "RP is Out!". How quick we forget the bias.

Sure,,, there are some good reports on drudge, especially reports that would rightfully make the current administration look bad. You can say the same for FOX, but that's not saying much. I wonder if the types of articles drudge put up would be as critical of the administration had it been a Romney or Republican administration.

Since Buchanan was also mentioned in this thread, Ive never seen Drudge put up one of his arguments against the foreign policy propaganda -like Iran's nuclear program-, or any of his criticism toward Romney. Even when they put up articles from pretty good people it seems very selective.

Is Drudge worth checking out? Yes. Worth the praise? Not in my opinion, certainly not from this type of community.

Just my 2 cents.

[heavenlyboy34]

I haven't visited the site on purpose in years. Now that you people have thoroughly teased me, I may submit to checking it again sometime.

[itshappening]

Finally he put Rand up on the page :)

Front and center too.