Posted on 01/18/2006 5:42:26 AM PST by Phlap
In 1998, Drudge gained notoriety when he was the first outlet to break the news which later became the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
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Hey Bubba...
Today is the first day of the rest of your life!
That first week was crazy.
We must never forget that Hillary Clinton talked about needing a gatekeeper for the internet, because she didn't like us talking about this. At the same time, there were much worse scandals than this one that got buried. FRegards....
Maybe Drudge will take on the Barrett Report - the full Barrett Report - as big a story if not bigger than the Monica scandal.
I still think they leaked it to Drudge because they thought they could stop the story cold. Instead it burned around the world and came right back at them.
Of course,this would have been a reasonable thing to say with most people,but he failed to take into account that he was referring to a guy who was incapable of feeling remorse or shame.
Open Up and Say Law
Most of the Clinton news you’ll see this morning concerns whether or not Hillary Clinton was out of line for describing the House as being “run like a plantation” during Al Sharpton’s annual MLK celebration. Was Hillary pretending to be black? Why not, she gets away with portraying a heterosexual on the national stage. As usual, Bill has the more interesting story. His Arkansas law license suspension ends on Thursday. It’s all about the healing."
http://www.wonkette.com/politics/
ML/NJ
That was quite a week, to be sure . . .
And it's been breathless hurricane/earthquake/movie reports ever since.
Check this anniversary...TUESDAY:
http://www.australianpolitics.com/usa/clinton/impeachment/drudge.shtml
x x x x x
Drudge Report Anniversary
Original Drudge Reports of Monica Lewinsky Scandal [January 17, 1998]
Web Posted: 01/17/98 21:32:02 PST -- NEWSWEEK KILLS STORY ON WHITE HOUSE INTERN X X X X X BLOCKBUSTER REPORT: 23-YEAR OLD, FORMER WHITE HOUSE INTERN, SEX RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT
Anniversary Jan 17, 1998:
http://www.answers.com/topic/lewinsky-scandal
On Jan. 17, 1998, Clinton himself was questioned, becoming the first sitting president to testify as a civil defendant.
I remember listening to one of Drudge's radio shows soon after that. He said that one thing he always regretted was that the content of the story overwhelmed what he thought was the even bigger story . . . the fact that a number of "mainstream" U.S. media outlets were sitting on such a bombshell story but refused to run it for purely political reasons.
Good point. When it came to debunking the Old Media, Drudge was the first to draw significant blood. The incapacitating blows, IMHO, were delivered by Ann Coulter's books. [Now the New Media is like a pack of starved wolves, ripping every ounce of flesh off them.] Isn't it interesting how close Coulter and Drudge have been as well?
"And the story about the bullet hole in Ron Brown's head receded into obscurity."
That was an incredible blunder by the right. Even Alan Keyes fell for it.
That's what they got for messing with Linda Tripp. They didn't realise that every person's dignity counts for something in this brave new era.
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