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Has Drudge Dumped Trump? [my opus]
Politistick ^ | April 22, 2016 | Jennifer Burke

Posted on 04/22/2016 5:22:36 PM PDT by anymouse

Matt Drudge, founder of the Drudge Report, and Charles Hurt, editor of the Drudge Report, have come under fire from many in the grassroots for turning the site, which was put on the map by the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky affair, into a shill site for the presidential campaign of Donald Trump.

The Drudge Report has made a name for itself during this election cycle of being part of the thug-style hitman team of Donald Trump in attacking his closest rival, constitutional conservative Ted Cruz . At the same time, the Drudge Report has used its influence to pump up Donald Trump with positive, glorification stories and padded polls. But there was a big change on Drudge this morning and if Matt Drudge and Charles Hurt are trying to save face, this is not the way to do it because it reveals that they will rather not talk about Trump at all if it can’t be completely positive.

A search on the Drudge Report this morning revealed that there is not one story about Trump on the site, at least as of 9:14 am Pacific. Go ahead, try it. Go to the Drudge Report, hit control-F on your keyboard, then type in Trump. Not one story, positive or negative, though Drudge and Hurt never put what could be seen as a negative story about Trump on the site.

On Thursday, Donald Trump made numerous controversial remarks including stating he will raise taxes on the wealthy, a stance in line with wild-eyed socialists Democrat presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, and also suggested that the Republican party redefine human life by excluding those lives conceived in rape and incest.

In addition, Mr. Anti-PC Trump took the most politically correct stance possible in regards to the North Carolina Bathroom Bill which states that people need to use the restroom in the facility that matches the gender on their birth certificate. Trump bowed down to the god of political correctness and opposed this bill, calling it wrong.

None of that is on Drudge.

Also on Thursday, Trump’s convention manager Paul Manafort, the man who has Soviet ties and has lobbied for the Palestinians, by the way that wasn’t on Drudge either, told individuals at a GOP meeting in Florida that Trump’s campaign so far has all been an act and that he would “evolve” soon into the real Donald Trump, whatever that means. That story is nowhere to be found on Drudge.

So, what gives Drudge? Could it be that after the disgusting attacks on Christianity that you have put out to help Donald Trump as you disparaged Ted Cruz and the baseless National Enquirer hit pieces against Cruz that you ciriculated as fact, you have seen viewership decrease? Is that the reason for this sudden removal of your pro-Trump links?

In addition to the #NeverTrump campaign, there has been a growing #DumpDrudge campaign as people have gotten sick of the way the Drudge Report, a once trusted aggregator site of news for conservatives, has turned itself into Trump’s personal Pravda with Matt Drudge and Charles Hurt serving as two of Trump’s numerous hitmen.

There is a news alternative to the Drudge Report, without the Miley Cyrus-style gossip, that conservatives have begun to turn to. It’s called The Liberty Daily and, in full disclosure, it is run by myself and my husband, Matthew Burke.

This site was not started in response to the Drudge Report working as part of Trump’s unofficial propaganda machine, but the more it became obvious that the Drudge Report had sold its soul and lost its conservative credentials in pumping Trump, the more word of The Liberty Daily has spread.

Don’t get snowed over by the sudden revamping of the Drudge Report. Both Matt Drudge and Charles Hurt are complicit in the rise of Donald Trump and his attempted destruction of conservativism. Perhaps they are trying to “evolve” simultaneously with Trump after “playing a part” in his campaign.

Too late.

The Drudge Report has already shown its cards and revealed that it can no longer be trusted.

Just in case you don’t believe that Drudge appears to have scrubbed its site of all Trump propaganda, and all gossip about Cruz presented as news for that matter, here are screenshots of the stories currently listed on Drudge. Notice, there are far fewer links than are truly on the site.


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: bias; drudge; opus; trump
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To: lee martell; onyx; Jane Long; PA Engineer; Grampa Dave; KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle; SaveFerris; ...
I’ve been thinking Matt was too obvious in his bias ever since that day he showed Marco Rubio looking like a midget in a tailor suit.

Oh that's ok, Marco has already bounced back and has a new gig
as 'Marco The Magnificent', here is prognosticating ...

The answer is *CRUZ* !!

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(The question was: 'who is NOT going to be President?!?')
41 posted on 04/22/2016 5:45:33 PM PDT by mkjessup (Cruz is an oily crap weasel who sold out to the GOPe and his deluded cultists need to wake-TF up.)
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To: Thumper1960

Yeah good point like jump on a crap story and talk like a witchy teenager being nasty to someone that she is up against for the star athletes ring. Move on sweetie you cannot compete.


42 posted on 04/22/2016 5:45:48 PM PDT by samantha (keep up the fight....)
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To: applpie

Well I did see last night early this morning the letters of his site were turned to purple.


43 posted on 04/22/2016 5:47:03 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: McGruff

Step back and let them commit Seppuku like this one just did!


44 posted on 04/22/2016 5:47:05 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (When The Ballot No Longer Counts, The Ammo Box Does! What's In Your Ammo Box?(US Conservative)!)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Worked great actually. Got to hang “Cruz’s pecker checker police” label on the losers.


45 posted on 04/22/2016 5:47:57 PM PDT by Mechanicos (Trump is for America First. Cruz is for America Last. It's that simple.)
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To: mkjessup

46 posted on 04/22/2016 5:48:00 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("The bathroom deal is a big fat nothing burger." -- Jim Robinson, 04/22/16)
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To: tennmountainman; onyx; Jane Long; PA Engineer; Grampa Dave; KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle; ...
anymouse rode the bolt.
Maybe a few more here will join him.


As a matter of fact, there is a severe weather advisory that has been issued for all
lunatic fringe CruzBots, "fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a rough ride!"

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47 posted on 04/22/2016 5:48:22 PM PDT by mkjessup (Cruz is an oily crap weasel who sold out to the GOPe and his deluded cultists need to wake-TF up.)
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To: anymouse

Drudge is pro-click. Whatever brings the most hits.


48 posted on 04/22/2016 5:49:54 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Mechanicos

Ive seen more Cruzbots ride the bolt the last month than I’ve seen
in 5 years. Trump has really blown what little minds they have.
TDS is a real life condition.


49 posted on 04/22/2016 5:50:57 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: anymouse

Hate to burst your bubble but DemocRATs have written the book on how to defeat Cruz. It is a replay of the last several presidential elections...


50 posted on 04/22/2016 5:51:12 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: anymouse

You poor thing.

51 posted on 04/22/2016 5:51:25 PM PDT by McGruff (Rush Limbaugh: Jeb Bush could mount a convention comeback)
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To: Theresawithanh
Why do all you scruzerbots constantly refer to trump's butt? You seem to have a Tush fetish. What is with that? Who looks at someone’s butt,and constantly comments,outside of Barry's bath house in Chicago.
52 posted on 04/22/2016 5:52:52 PM PDT by samantha (keep up the fight....)
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To: anymouse

“... the baseless National Enquirer hit pieces against Cruz that you circulated as fact...”

The Drudge Report never mentioned the National Enquirer stories, which, if you did any research, instead of just spewing baseless bile, you would know.


53 posted on 04/22/2016 5:53:29 PM PDT by LNV (Nov. 2016-Trump the B!tch!)
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To: anymouse

Thanks for the site, looks good


54 posted on 04/22/2016 5:53:47 PM PDT by wild74
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To: mkjessup

Ha.

Nothing like a little lightning on a Friday night.


55 posted on 04/22/2016 5:53:49 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: anymouse

Has anyone else noticed the poor quality of the Opuses these days?


56 posted on 04/22/2016 5:55:56 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: samantha

Cruzbots probably noticed that Ted and Heini have been packing on the pounds.


57 posted on 04/22/2016 5:57:20 PM PDT by dforest (Ted took your money and is laughing all the way to Goldman Sachs)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle; mkjessup; anymouse

Thanks very much for the ping!

Why do these people presume that they're important?

At the very minimum, a parting donation to Free Republic would have been the proper action to take for the wasted bandwidth!

No class at all!

58 posted on 04/22/2016 6:00:18 PM PDT by onyx (You're here posting, so sign-up to DONATE MONTHLY!)
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To: dforest

Yes,that could be true he looks fatter and quite weird lately,I have not seen her for about three weeks.


59 posted on 04/22/2016 6:01:00 PM PDT by samantha (keep up the fight....)
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To: onyx

Ha. ha. Wasted bandwidth. Now that is funny Onyx.


60 posted on 04/22/2016 6:03:02 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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