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Thanks! He used to be the first place my husband looked for news, religiously. He is an enigma.

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Apr 12·edited Apr 12

Drudge really did not "break" any news.

He lived off the work of real journalists, THEIR "scoops" and used the internet with some prescience, as the story cites, " Many publications saw “the Web” as a sideshow and didn’t view it with the same respectability they gave print. ".

My way to finish the sentence is...

"The best way to understand Matt Drudge is as a leech".

A predatory parasite who attaches itself to a host and feeding on their hard work.

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Apr 12·edited Apr 12

You might want to see this: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/drudge-report/

And to balance things out, the "Drudge RETORT":

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/drudge-retort/

Both get "mixed" ratings.

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