Posted on 12/24/2020 7:51:04 AM PST by Hojczyk
Yet Drudge's website has undergone a marked reversal in tone. Over roughly the last two years, the reclusive media figure has exchanged his once-unquestioning support of Trump for a sustained onslaught of anti-Trump shock headlines painting the president and his administration in a luridly negative light.
He has run regular stories criticizing Trump's response to the pandemic; at times he has even offered prime-position links to stories about the discredited Trump-Russia conspiracy theory.
Struggling to explain Drudge's mysterious change in stance, some commentators have argued that Drudge sold his eponymous site some time ago, letting new, left-leaning editors set the tone in the second half of Trump's first term. But the source familiar with the Drudge Report spots signs that the secretive web legend is still at the helm.
"The site is still posting stories about sex robots and exorcisms and animal hoarding — all among Drudge's favorites — and every once in a while I see a headline I know could only come from Drudge," the source said.
Industry reports indicate the Drudge Report's traffic is sharply down from earlier years. Citing data from Comscore, an analysis by the Righting — a site which "researches traffic to conservative websites" — determined that Drudge's traffic in August of this year had dropped 42% from that month in 2019.
"But the site is reportedly worth $100 million, so after 20 years, perhaps Drudge really did just walk away."
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I quit Drudge a long time ago when his left stance started appearing.
Newsmax instead of Fox, thelibertydaily.com instead of Drudge. We have options.
Did he ever support President Trump at all? I don't remember it.
jackcatdaily for me
I too departed early and won’t go back.
I don’t do Drudge nor Newsmax and I remain remarkably up to speed regarding useful news. These models of news delivery are over. No more three people on a couch talking over each other to ask a question. Get your news updates elsewhere on the interwebs. It’s all out there.
I departed long ago, simply because of the forced page
refreshing.
I departed at least 5 years ago. Drudge likes too much shock value in his reporting.
No Drudge for me. . . . . not clicking on the site at all.
left Drudge long ago.
About a year now..
never clicking that site again
This how the swamp creature media takes care of its own
He hasn’t had traffic from this computer for years.
Maybe they will give the quisling a Nobel prize.
I removed his site from my bookmarks.
There are many much better news sources around.
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