Why do some people hate Matt Drudge and The Drudge Report? As examples, see:
http://www.moderateindependent.com/v2i4drudge.htm
http://www.jossip.com/gossip/matt-drudge/media-blitz-they-hate-matt-drudge-too-20051228.php
http://sadlyno.com/archives/83.html
His page strikes me as a useful collection of links and headlines. I don’t understand why people get so worked up about him. What do the Drudge haters see on that page that I don’t?
The hat?
The answer’s in your first link…
He a blogger who gets paid; That angers a lot of people. He’s heavily right-wing biased, that’s another reason many don’t like him.
… Of course they say that with much stronger words… of which I’m not sure of the truth, I’ve never bothered visiting Drudge myself. I’m extremely liberal, and willing to admit it (I’m on the Canadian far left… I vote NDP because it’s the closest major party). I know we don’t see eye to eye.
In the same vein, that “Moderate Independent” seems about as moderate and independent as Fox News is “Fair and Balanced”… Which puts them on about the level for as much as I believe what they say.
He’s a closeted gay, but embraces (sorry) the Bush Admin’s conservative social agenda
He’s a shill for the GOP and commands a readership/influence that the NYT or Washington Post can only dream of
I’ve heard claims that Drudge is gay (which my conservative friends claim are dirty lies).
On the other hand, some of these same friends once said the same thing about rumors that Ronald Reagan was senile.
I honestly don’t know whether Drudge is gay – is he:
Matt Drudge is more of a Walter Winchell.
P.S. Drudge IS a smear campaign and gay conservatives ain’t exactly rare.
He’s a right wing blowhard with not one original thought.
And his voice and mannerisms TOTALLY set off my gay dar.
And I’m NEVER wrong.
David Brock positively asserts that Drudge is gay. He has an amusing story about their “date” in Blinded By The Right.
I can’t remember the last time I went to his site but I do catch his radio show from time to time while I am at work. I have never heard him say anything that would make him a hypocrite or “conflicted” as to the gay issue. He seems pretty liberal on occasions when it comes to social issues. I would say none of the above. He just doesn’t talk about his personal life. I’m no expert, thats just the impression I get from hearing him on occasion.
Drudge claims to be neutral, but the right-wing noise machine plays him like a Wurlitzer. Whenever a dozen right wing columnists and “newscasters” parrot the same smear on the same day, you can safely bet it was first seen at Drudge. Then they can all say, “I didn’t start it, I saw it on Drudge!” They can slip even the slimiest lie past him, because he never checks anything.
No one is playing Drudge. He’s a willing shill for the GOP and makes a good living doing it.
From this thread, am I to assume we shouldn’t like Drudge because he’s secretly gay? Just trying to keep score.
Nope… If he was secretly Gay and wasn’t working against the Gay community, then most of us wouldn’t care… But he is actively promoting and working against the rights of Gays and Lesbians…
He’s a slimeball.
Moving thread from IMHO to The BBQ Pit.
You take that back.
Hey, he’s not saying you are like Drudge, he’s saying Drudges is like you. Different thing entirely.
I was wondering the same thing. I thought it wasn’t supposed to matter. Did the rules change again? Man, it’s hard to keep track.
Try thinking of Matt Drudge as a modern day Roy Cohn, and it makes sense.
Stop trying to whoosh us, Duffer.
It turns out that Drudge is a Liberal, engaged in the vast left wing media conspiracy:
According to the rules, which have not changed, that means it’s OK to hate him cuz he’s gay.