I find that Drudge’s tendency in the past few years to link to Alex Jones articles very interesting.
Does this mean that Alex Jones should be considered to be rehabilitated by FR or does that mean that Drudge is becoming a conspiracy theorist and should be discounted?
Drudge has always been out on the edge as far as conspiracy stuff. He goes just so far, and then reins it in. This was especially true on his old radio show, and I think it's just his style of exploring the issues.
On the site, I think he vets things more before he features them since he got burned a few times. Other than the "wacky news" kinds of links which are usually pretty obvious. Notice that he has not run with the National Enquirer stuff about Cruz.
Back in 1998 when he spoke at the National Press Club, I remember thinking "wow this guy is all over the place". But looking back on it, he was certainly right about the news business.