Who is this Drudge? Ive never heard of him/her/it outside DU ( ie MSM)

[TheCoxwain]

why are you all so obsessed with this Drudge thingy?


UPDATE :

Of Course I know who he is ...My point . he does not get mentioned in MTP or any other serious news outlets ... So Why the fuck do we care ..

[knixphan]

1. this dude

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Drudge

[TheCoxwain]

4. You wanted me to actually add the sarcasm sign??? ...

my point was ..why are we so concerned about what he/she/it says?

why do we care?

[knixphan]

7. lol - Oh! Yes, I agree.

[Faygo Kid]

2. One of the most-visited sites. Claim to fame: He broke the Lewinsky story.

Hard to believe anyone here on DU hasn't heard of Drudge. You have now.

[Mz Pip]

3. His big claim to fame

was breaking the Monica Lewinski story.

[OKNancy]

5. I didn't read the wiki entry, but here is a story

He got his start dumpster diving for gossip on celebrities.
He got his start on the old Usenet format before there was much on the
world wide web. He often showed up on a group that I posted on named alt.showbiz-gossip.

He was a joke in the group. He would post over dramatic stuff and everyone thought he was a fruitcake. The one that sticks out to me was when he wrote someone was "literally lactating" at the thought...etc.

[npincus]

8. David Brock wrote about how Drudge made a pass at him

forgot the details... it was in "Blinded by the Right". Brock wasn't interested.

[Tim4319]

6. Wait a minute!!!!!!!

This man, who was to have a phsycriatric evaluation, is now the main resource the Right-wing use for facts? That is hilarious!

[vanderBeth]

9. Maybe he'll get some attention from the MSM if he

changes his website so it doesn't look like it's from 1997. Really, I've seen High School Webmastering classes that have made better looking websites.

[Peacetrain]

10. Not sure who he is reallyl... think I know his cousin Sludge

but Drudge, seems I have heard of him in connection with some guy named Lumpy or Lumpballs maybe, but I remember his first name.. Rush..

You might look him up on Entertainment Tonight message boards..

Sorry I could not be of more help :)

[Nye Bevan]

11. I see more references to Drudge on DU than anywhere else on the internet

I'm not sure why so many DUers seem to want to drive traffic to his website. :shrug: