What the hec are you doing?
Posted on 08/15/2019 3:10:57 PM PDT by conservative98
Then later that morning, 22 people died and 24 more were injured in the El Paso, Texas mass shooting. About 12 hours later, 10 died and 27 were injured in the Dayton,Ohio mass shooting.
That’s when Drudge’s tone toward the president shifted. Among the upper-left headlines on August 5 was this one: “After pair of mass shootings, Trump remains out of sight . . .” August 6 featured a “Bubble Popping?”warning regarding the stock market and the U.S. economy in general—a key indicator of Trump’s re-election chances. August 8 included an upper-left Rasmussen poll showing only 47 percent approval for Trump—a relatively low number compared to Rasmussen’s customary daily figures.
Then on August 9, the Drudge Report declared in its main headline “Red Flag: NRA Warns Trump,” and the following day Drudge posted three morestinging headlines right next to a smiling Barack and Michelle Obama:
· “Trump sides with Kim criticism of US-SKorea war games . . .”
· “Trump boasted of rally crowd size during El Paso hospital visit . . .”
· “Gallup: Approval 42% . . .”
Drudge’s August11 edition included a “Senior Voters Wavering on Trump?”headline and the same 42 percent Gallup poll, while August 12 promoted former White House Press Secretary Anthony Scaramucci’s warning that Trump will “turn ‘on everyone’ and then‘entire country’ . . .” And today’s edition includes a lukewarm “TRUMP NEUTRAL” pronouncement preceding a headline highlighting Chinese protesters’“BATTLE FOR FREEDOM.”
That’s not to say one Republican’s loss is a Democrat’s gain. Throughout his journalistic reign, Drudge has rarely let up on the left.
Yet this past week’s coverage of the president has been unusually tough.Yes, it could revert to “normal” tomorrow with a glowing headline about Trump’s leadership, or a red-meat quote of Trump trashing a notable Democrat. But since the mass shootings, conservatives’ favorite online resource has attacked Trump in ways normally reserved for Democrats.
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Drudge has always been flaky. Part and parcel with living in defiance of The Creators design.
Drudge and Coulter were lost a long time ago.
I get nowhere near Drudge anymore. He’s about as reliably on our side as David Brock now is.
I heard Matt Drudge was gay. Maybe his latest hot tub companion has a case of infectious Trump Derangement Syndrome?
Who cares about matt drudge? I don’t.
“I heard Matt Drudge was gay.”
I believe you heard correctly. IIRC, it’s been common knowledge for at least 10 years now.
Laughing at that headline. “When you’ve lost Drudge...” Like that butt pirate was EVER some kind of conservative icon. LOL
Drudge’s negative framing of stories concerning Trump is quite noticeable. I have decreased my visits to the website correspondingly.
I agree re Drudge and Coulter. I am liking Whatfinger a lot.
Drudge chose the homo lifestyle many, many years ago.
I was always surprised when he was even a moderate supporter of GOP...but eventually his satanic darkness came to the forefront.
I never did.
Drudge has never really been a trump fan boy. Same for a lot of public figures out there. Trump is basically an island.
For at least 6 months (maybe a year) prior to him going more Left Drudge repeatedly posted warning stories, some written by him, about how the Left was out to close him down.
No one seems to be able to connect the dots.
Except me.
Used to be great.
I haven’t been there in about 5 years now. No idea what happened to him.
Yep.
I don’t remember the last time I intentionally clicked on Drudge.
May have had a toolbar link to him on tertiary pc that I didn’t get around to deleting...
Didn’t even bother to check out the Warren “crowds” in NH today on his site.
Guess she was trying to steal some of the limelight from DJT’s NH event.
He hasn’t been a conservative, or reliable for years...decades.
He is held up for the Blue Dress, and that is it. Otherwise worthless.
“Drudge and Coulter were lost a long time ago.”
Yup. This is not a recent phenomenon. Doesn’t matter. Both Drudge and Coulter are passé. Just a couple of homosexual has-beens.
Drudge has been a legend in his own mind since he luckily broke the blue dress story under Clintoon. He and his staff are the Yahoo of headlines. They gather stories, put the headlines and maybe a teaser on their site, then set up the click-bait. No real news reporting, so no real liability if they point you to truth, lies or something in-between.
A true 21st century get-rich-quick business model.
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