Posted on 12/01/2015 12:42:43 PM PST by toomanylaws
Is it just me or do others wonder what the Drudge Report is up to? It seems like so many headlines and stories are more Hollywood BS and other unimportant things, than any relevant information that concerned people would care about. Did Drudge turn into Nero just fiddling while Rome (the rest of the world) burns? One of the first sites (also Free Republic) I go to is Drudge, but unfortunately it is not usually not very important.
TMZ happens.
I have noticed that as well.
I’ve gone quite a while without thinking about Drudge, until you mentioned him.
Haven’t been there for years. Was tired of getting bombarded by ads.
I’ll go back to not thinking about him.
I use Ghostery it blocks ads.
Matt has always had a strong connection to Hollywood/Entertainment/Pop Culture.
Drudge has more stories
Capitalism has always provided more
He has always had some sort of fetish for Hollyweird.
I emailed once about how it demeaned the integrity of his site, but, of course, he never answered.
I still check his page a few times a day, but nowhere near as often as I used to. In fact when there is breaking news I go here or some other sites. Drudge used to be first choice, but he is late to the party more often than not nowadays.
That is how Drudge got his start. He was working in the CBS sundry shop or somesuch in LA and overheard gossip. (this is from memory. Correct as needed.)
He has ALWAYS focused on gossip and the lurid. It was how he built his audience, and how he gets lots of non-conservatives to check in. If he hadn’t done that before Lewinsky, there might not have been a Lewinsky.
People write and post about what interests them. Mark Steyn’s page has just as much on Sinatra as on the Global Warming Hoax. And he has contributed more on both fronts at the same time.
Who?
I follow him on Twitter and there 90% of what he links to are the more relevant items.
Drudge leads the national news without a doubt.
Half of what you see in the Establishment media is to counter Matt Drudge.
As for his headlines it’s just what he finds interesting and thinks. It’s not the same fake media you see in the media, facebook, Huffington Post, Buzz Feed, etc.. It’s his own platform.
The majority of it, 51% or more, goes viral on the Internet where most people get their news now.
Hence, the Establishment media response.
For the record, Matt Drudge’s numbers SMOKES the Establishment media numbers combined.
Yeah, this is nothing new. I think Matt was working in Hollywood before he hit it big. He also likes extreme weather. I don’t go much because of the ads which mess up the ole computer.
He used to be first, by a large margin, and now he’s very late, if absent, to some big stories.
Him airing the spiked Newsweek story put him on the map forever. Wonder if he recalls that much anymore.
But a lot of the postings on FR do come from the Drudge site.
Drudge has always had a fascination with Hollywood. It sometimes gets to be too much and renders his site nothing more than “Entertainment Tonight”.
Drudge started the Drudge Report in Los Angeles and at the beginning he would rummage through trash cans at movie lots and studios. He became popular during the Monica stuff, but he’s always been interested in Hollywood.
I figure if I need a cyber condom, it’s better just to avoid the diseased site.
From what I’ve gathered, Matt may be gay. And they do love their gossip. Goes with the show.
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