Posted on 04/12/2016 8:08:52 AM PDT by mandaladon
The Drudge Report has aggressively portrayed Ted Cruz’s sweep of all the delegates from Colorado’s Republican convention as a corrupt power grab.
The site named for Matt Drudge, who broke the story of Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and still runs it, links to nine stories this morning with salacious headlines about the convention. Among them: “Savage: Cruz should disavow rigged Colorado election … Buchanan: Apparatchiks thieve delegates for Ted … 1 MILLION REPUBLICANS SIDELINED … Border Patrol Agents: Colorado Voters Disenfranchised.” Keep in mind that this is three days after the Colorado convention.
Our analytics partners at Zignal Labs say the Drudge attacks are breaking through on social media in a significant way. This word cloud, which tracks all Cruz mentions since Saturday, shows the extent to which Drudge has shaped the conversation about Cruz’s win in Colorado. Note the prominence of the words “cheating” and “drudge”:
This kind of squabbling will only get louder as the delegate wrestling and wrangling intensifies. And it has clearly gotten under Cruz’s skin.
In a radio interview yesterday, the Texas senator ripped into Drudge as an arm of Donald Trump’s campaign. “In about the past month, the Drudge Report has basically become the attack site for the Trump campaign,” he told conservative host Mike Slater. “So every day they have the latest Trump attack. They’re directed at me. … Most days they have a six-month-old article that is some attack on me, and it’s whatever the Trump campaign is pushing that day will be the banner headline on Drudge.”
“By the way, they no longer cover news,” Cruz added of Drudge. “When we win a state, suddenly the state doesn’t matter. You know Colorado — there was no red siren on Drudge when we won all 34 delegates in Colorado.”
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Because Cruz has nothing in proof to back up his accusations against Drudge.
There was no red siren when the NE broke the story about Ted’s sex life, either
Matt kept a lid on that story along with the mainstream
Cruz should have been a little bit grateful for that discretion. The other shoes aint dropped yet on that scandal. Maybe Drudge should dig a little harder and verify it with his own sources instead of just waiting for NE to hand it off to him
Cruz going to cast a hex on Drudge?
I don’t know why anyone would post anything from NR here. I guess under the covers, you are a GOPe mole!
The only story he has seemingly ever broke, before turning into nothing more than a news aggregator. Get paid to link to other news stories? A great racket if you can get someone to pay you for it.
Missouri just confirmed a victory for Donald Trump. He actually gained
votes in the recount and picks up an additional 12 delegates.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2016
Poor Teddy. Not enough to have the talk radio shills and liberal media kissing his butt.
Drudge hasn’t even begun on you yet, Cruz. You think you weren’t nt going to get vetted?
Wonder if the Cruzlims realize this campaign - and Ted’s reputation - is hanging by a thread.
The Leftist MSM love their negative hyperbole when the subjects are on the Right.
Pointing out the obvious, the fact that Matt Drudge is anti-Cruz and pro Trump, is no war just a way for Ted Cruz to inform those who do not know to take the Drudge Report with a grain of salt when he is the subject.
If Cruz wins the nomination one can be sure Matt will grudgingly support him...same as our pro Trump JimRob...same as a lot of conservative mucky mucks who call themselves either #NeverCruz or #NeverTrump.
Because the alternative is a nightmare.
Well, not everyone adheres to the lofty journalistic standards of the National Enquirer.
The other shoes aint dropped yet on that scandal.
Ah, yes. It's been "imminent" for weeks now. Still waiting...
>>Because Cruz has nothing in proof to back up his accusations against Drudge.<<
Other than screen shots for the last three months that completely back him up, you mean?
I’m a regular Drudge reader and anyone who thinks Drudge has not been in Trump’s corner from the get go has got blinders on, or is absolutely incapable of being objective.
‘Cruz should have been a little bit grateful’
Gratitude is not his forte. He is an anointed king, and thus entitled.
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