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Tucker guest exposes what made Matt Drudge – ‘now firmly a man of the Left’ – turn so drastically
BizPac Review ^ | JULY 25, 2020 | Jon Dougherty

Posted on 07/25/2020 11:03:11 AM PDT by BeauBo

Fox News host Tucker Carlson said during his show on Friday that once-conservative news aggregator Matt Drudge of “The Drudge Report” is “now firmly a man of the progressive Left,” noting that his site has taken on a decidedly anti-President Trump bent in recent months...

...in recent months, Carlson continued, the site “has changed dramatically, 180 degrees. Matt Drudge is now firmly a man of the progressive Left.” As such, scores of Drudge’s former conservative readers have now left the site for another rising conservative aggregate, Revolver.News, the Fox News host added.

In April, President Trump tweeted that he “gave up on Drudge.”...

“What happened to Matt Drudge?” Carlson asked, introducing Lysiak, author of the new book, “The Drudge Revolution,” which will be released next week.

The biographer suggested that the turnaround could be an economic decision — Drudge figuring he can make more money bashing the president rather than backing him for reelection.

“I think one of the mistakes a lot of people have when they’re trying to analyze Matt Drudge is they try looking at him strictly through a political sphere,” the biographer said.

“The reality is…his loyalty isn’t any political party or ideas, it’s just to his website,” Lysiak added.

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To: mosaicwolf

You have no idea. I am a County Supervisor. This thing is on my agenda every single day. The morbid tally board. The testing. Don’t get me started about the testing. THERE IS NO REASON TO TEST HEALTHY PEOPLE. Yet, there we are. You know how much money is not being made from all of this. Don’t believe anything. The only number to even watch is the death numbers and I don’t even trust those anymore.


21 posted on 07/25/2020 11:29:38 AM PDT by Hildy (Don't get bitter, get better.)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

There’s not a single thing in all that rambling innuendo that proves Matt sold his site.


22 posted on 07/25/2020 11:31:57 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: proust

“Drudge’s links now go to mainstream media like CNN and MSNBC.”

“Now.”

Drudge has linked to them since 1998:
https://web.archive.org/web/19981212024508/http://www.drudgereport.com/

Also, surprisingly, he currently has a link to Free Republic.


23 posted on 07/25/2020 11:36:00 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: Hildy

Revolver.News, the Fox News host added.“

Revolver.News? Is this supposed to be some kind of plug? I don’t l have ever been to that site. Drudge has been dead to me for at least two years


24 posted on 07/25/2020 11:37:41 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Coulter and Drudge are good friends. The direction of his site could maybe pass for something out of her mouth, but his attacks on him do appear to be more coming from the left than the right. So, who knows. The rumors heI haven’t clicked on him in many months and hope the site goes bankrupt.


25 posted on 07/25/2020 11:40:30 AM PDT by MountainWalker
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To: BeauBo
Drudge never seem to me to be a political person...he featured huge headlines and exposed things like a scandal sheet would when the DBM's wouldn't....

I thank him for it....

but somebody should tell Matt that his report is not standing out now, its just one of the many media outlets set on destroying our president....

hey drudge....you're just a nobody now....it didn't have to be this way...

26 posted on 07/25/2020 11:41:10 AM PDT by cherry
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To: BeauBo

Maybe it is an economical decision but if has been a political one, it has always been my feeling that if the Washington Repubs had been FIGHTERS and supported Trump and fought the lawless Dems, his sight would have stayed primarily conservative and PRO-AMERICAN. My two cents...


27 posted on 07/25/2020 11:43:40 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: BeauBo

He’s GAY....it IS about his BOTTOM line.


28 posted on 07/25/2020 11:43:43 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: proust

Common knowledge. Do your own dang research.


29 posted on 07/25/2020 11:44:19 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: cherry

“Drudge never seem to me to be a political person”

Agreed. His site is cluttered with shallow garbage like Hollywood entertainment news, fashion, and an unhealthy obsession with sex robots. In a sense, it’s a reflection of his personality, which has shone through years ago and today.


30 posted on 07/25/2020 11:47:15 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: iontheball

>>>You called that right. I heard his current partner is a wild eyed liberal.<<<

Yes, that will ‘flip’ people. Even those who are not of the anus loving kind.


31 posted on 07/25/2020 11:48:00 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.?)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

“Common knowledge.”

Repeating something over and over doesn’t make it so. If it were common knowledge, it wouldn’t have to asked.

“Do your own dang research.”

I asked you for sources on this common knowledge. You cut and pasted something with obvious lies in from God knows where. The claim doesn’t hold up under any serious research.


32 posted on 07/25/2020 11:49:40 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: BeauBo

Doubt it has much to do with money. Drudge is an LA homosexual and probably was under intense pressure from the gay community to drop any support for conservatives or conservative values.


33 posted on 07/25/2020 11:50:05 AM PDT by allendale
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To: Perseverando
I really like Bongino Report.

Like Drudge used to be, you get the day's headlines up front.

34 posted on 07/25/2020 11:52:23 AM PDT by Kenny
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To: BeauBo

Have the visits to the Drudge website decreased since the decreased? (besides the FR visits)


35 posted on 07/25/2020 11:54:31 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: proust

Kind of hard for anyone to give a direct source when the word is that their is a not disclosure agreement. Drudge can tell anyone he sold it until after the election sometime. The reason for that is so that the leftist’s who bought it wanted conservative to stick around and be brainwashed.


36 posted on 07/25/2020 12:01:54 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Revel

If there’s no reliable source, the claim shouldn’t be made.

I don’t care about Drudge. I’m just tired of watching critical thinking being replaced with lazy “that feels about right” thinking. We used to have a bastion of critical thinkers here who could back up their claims without acting annoyed.


37 posted on 07/25/2020 12:08:39 PM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: BeauBo

There is an azzload of money out there working against Trump. They’ll turn as many as they can before November.


38 posted on 07/25/2020 12:08:52 PM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: BeauBo

Going from multi visits a day to ZERO visits going on almost a year now...


39 posted on 07/25/2020 12:09:21 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: BeauBo

The rumor is that Matt Drudge is no longer affiliated with the website and those he sold it to have taken this turn themselves. However, he likely signed a nondisclosure agreement about the sale, as the news that he is no longer affiliated with it would have damaged the value of the purchase.

There’s no proof of this, but that has been the suspicion. It could explain why he hasn’t been personally seen or heard from in some time.


40 posted on 07/25/2020 12:09:52 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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