drudge: newsite or gossip site?

[strollingbones]

i am always amused at drudge followers.....the site is mostly gossip..with headlines left for days...esp if the headlines are gossip....i mean how many days does one need to see putin doing martial arts?


so why do you read drudge?

 

[RadiomanATL]

Gossip IS news now, unfortunately. Across the channel lineup, website URLS and in print.

It's not limited to just Drudge.

 

[chanel]

Drudge links to all the mainstream news. They just play with the headlines. Its the 2nd site I click on every morning. After USMB of course.

 

[editec]

Gossip is news once its confirmed.

 

[Intense]

Drudge links to all the mainstream news. They just play with the headlines. Its the 2nd site I click on every morning. After USMB of course.

Great Links. It's been used by Leaders from both sides of the Aisle for a long time.

 

[finebead]

gossip and propaganda, I don't go there anymore. I have listened to beck, O'reilly, and hannity, just to see how badly they twist info, I know how bad they twist info, so I don't go there anymore either.

 

[Sarah G]

Dumbed down news for wingnuts.

 

[Care4all]

it's gossip most of the time, in my humble opinion....the National Enquirer of Politics.....

Gossip sells, regular ole news really doesn't.

 

[strollingbones]

ahh but normally once drudge posts..that is it for the day.....kinda stale news

 

[Sarah G]

ahh but normally once drudge posts..that is it for the day.....kinda stale news

The headlines are downright lies that Matt Drudge never retracts.

 

[Intense]

gossip and propaganda, I don't go there anymore. I have listened to beck, O'reilly, and hannity, just to see how badly they twist info, I know how bad they twist info, so I don't go there anymore either.

There is only one show I can handle on MSNBC, I like Mika, though sometimes I confess it works best with the Mute button. In Truth, I don't like when anyone manipulates, unfortunately it's too big a part of our culture.

 

[chanel]

Weird. I was just going to post a couple random links from Drudge to point out his sources but there are only about four weather stories on there right now. Maybe Matt's intimidated by strollingbones?

 

[Mad Scientist]

ahh but normally once drudge posts..that is it for the day.....kinda stale news

The headlines are downright lies that Matt Drudge never retracts.

Like the lies he posted about Bill and Monica when no one else would.

 

[Care4all]

ahh but normally once drudge posts..that is it for the day.....kinda stale news

The headlines are downright lies that Matt Drudge never retracts.

Like the lies he posted about Bill and Monica when no one else would.

but was that really important? I could have LIVED without that kind of ''news''....I really don't want to know about the love lives of ANY of our Presidents, until at least 20-30 years after the fact....

 

[daveman]

i am always amused at drudge followers.....the site is mostly gossip..with headlines left for days...esp if the headlines are gossip....i mean how many days does one need to see putin doing martial arts?


so why do you read drudge?

The Drudge staff doesn't do a lot of updates on the weekends. I suppose that's probably why Putin was there for a while. A kid on a sled is top center now.

 

[daveman]

Dumbed down news for wingnuts.

You do know, don't you, that Drudge is an aggregator? He links to other media outlets' stories? He only rarely reports something on his own?

So how can he dumb down anything? Hint: He can't.

 

[MarcATL]

Hint: Saying its a source for dumbed down news is NOT the same as saying they write or makeup the news.

 

[Sarah G]

ahh but normally once drudge posts..that is it for the day.....kinda stale news

The headlines are downright lies that Matt Drudge never retracts.

Like the lies he posted about Bill and Monica when no one else would.

No, like the lies Breitbart posted and Drudge created hysterical lying headlines for. Sort of like how wingnuts tag team around here.

 

[strollingbones]

matt does put down some lying headlines and isnt he part of the 'gay' media?

 

[Sarah G]

matt does put down some lying headlines and isnt he part of the 'gay' media?

He is gay.