Why should we here at DU give a good God Damn what Drudge says?

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seriously. it seems like every other day, he 'breaks' some story, and the message boards all light up with threads about it. could we, just maybe, have some kind of DU boycott of all things drudge? just for, say, a week.

anyone?

[cheezus]

1. oh boy! yet another drudge thread!

there were too few of them for a while there

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3. i thought about that when i made this.

but i figured it'd be ok, b/c this is a plea for a boycott of future drudge threads. eh?

[LoZoccolo]

12. You go boycott Drudge threads.

It's within your power if you can't handle them. Just click the checkbox.

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18. i think i'll start doing that.

:hurts:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. No one believes him except neo-cons anyway.

So who fucking cares?

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6. this is my point. who cares about him? why's he matter? nt

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

13. I know.

I was agreeing. :hi: :toast: :yourock:

[ewagner]

4. Only because

he has been the proverbial "Canary in the Coalmine" in the past. He's absolutely looney right now though.....he's lost the shroud of credibility in his desperate attempt to prop up shrub.

[Maple]

5. Because

people read his site, and his wild stories become part of the campaign, like it or not.

And you can't combat the stories, if you don't know what they are.

No point being an ostrich about it.

[Randi_Listener]

8. He's a fucking shit stirrer.

10 pounds of bullshit over there.

[Lilli]

9. thats exactly why I check it out - also

read the freepers for the same reason

[Downtown Hound]

7. Because he's a whiny, pathetic, lying little weasel boy

Beyond that I can't think of a reason.

[high density]

10. I hate Drudge

But for the last few days, his logic-challenged "news" articles have actually been picked up by real "news" organizations. So I guess it is good to know what he's up to so we can try to defuse it.

[LoZoccolo]

11. It can be put in it's place by us...

...or it can travel around unmitigated. It's our decision. Also our decision is whether or not to know anything about it when people we know talk about it.

[Tesibria]

14. Isn't this a POST election threat IF Bush is elected?? (assuming true)

First -- report is probably not true.
Second - report is probably Rove plant.

Third - assuming that it's legit -- intriguing sentence in alleged threat:

America has brought this on itself for electing George Bush who has made war on Islam by destroying the Taliban and making war on Al Qaeda.

Maybe it's because I read this right after reading the South African Daily Dispatch endorsement,
On beating Bush (endorsing Kerry), but -- could it be the tape intended to address the threat AFTER the election IF Bush wins???

Recall -- Americans didn't elect Bush the last time.

[Dawgs]

15. Nobody gives a damn what Drudge says...

We give a damn what the media does with his BS stories. Like it or not, sometimes he does get play on major news stations. And we all know how the pundits like to run with a story, even if it is irrelevant.

[TheWebHead]

16. because he directs the filter

Drudge reports, right wing radio world parrot, millions hear, mainstream media compelled to report Drudge's shit, and it has successfully made the rounds.

[Redleg]

17. Who is Drudge?

Said the man, tongue in cheek.

[LiberalAndProud]

19. Remember who made him famous. monica. Have to follow the dirt to follow

with the soap and water.

[camero]

20. How else are we going to smoke freepers out?

He's the same kind of source as newsmax.com or Faux news. Frankly I think he belongs in the Bush, Conservatives, and Conservatism forum.

In other words, the dungeon.

[dave502d]

21. I never go to his site.

[Rhoderick]

22. Is there a liberal alternative?

I mean a REAL alternative, not the mock "Sludge Report" or "Drudge Retort" or any of the others. I've seen a lot of sites CLAIM to be the liberal alternative but fall short on actual content. BuzzFlash and DU are the best I've been able to find thus far.