Matt Drudge and Martin O'Malley

[PDittie]

Last three paragraphs:

And, it's not just that Drudge is deciding what pieces of content from the biggest media outlets in the country are the ones that get attention/traffic. It's also that he remains extremely influential as a sort of daily booking guide for cable television. Bookers from every network check Drudge religiously to see what stories he's chosen to feature. Often, those stories wind up getting airtime.

So, if Drudge promotes Martin O'Malley, then O'Malley will almost certainly get more attention from the media, which should translate to a higher level of interest — or at least recognition — among average voters.

How long will O'Malley's Drudge honeymoon last? Probably up until (or, really, if) Drudge succeeds in helping to make O'Malley a semi-credible Clinton challenger. At which point, if history is any guide, Drudge will turn on him.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/04/27/matt-drudge-really-likes-martin-omalley/

Two questions:

1. Can anyone verify that Martin O'Malley looks like that with his shirt off, or is that a Photoshop?

2. Why does the corporate media still allow Drudge to drive the national conversation after all these years?

[Jesus Malverde]

1. Drudge has a unique talent for finding headlines and issues that resonate....nt

[kelliekat44]

2. Baltimore just nailed O'Malley's coffin shut. nt

[bigtree]

3. some people think they can make that happen

...just because they say so.

Good luck with that.

[Agschmid]

4. Yes he does look like that...

Trust me I've googled it quite a bit

[bigtree]

5. Drudge is a pos

...who doesn't deserve acknowledgment he even exists, much less two words put together that take anything he says seriously.

[brush]

6. Uh-oh! If I were O'Malley I'd run the other way . . .

as fast as I could.

It's not a good thing for a Democrat to be a favorite of extreme right winger Drudge.

O'Malley's campaign manager better get on the ball because this is not a good think.