'Guess what', my ass! I know enough about Drudge t

'Guess what', my ass! I know enough about Drudge to not like what he stands for, which are the typical conservative journalistic standards that don't give a flying-f*ck about truth, evidence and fact-checking.

And I care very little about conservatives beyond pointing out their double standards, hypocrisy, disregard for facts and evidence, not infrequent forays into pet conspiracy theories and free range paranoia. Most of which are on view here daily!

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2015 and 2016, Drudge established himself firmly in support of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, repeatedly featuring pro-Trump headlines.[68] According to Politico, "Ted Cruz accused the Drudge Report of transforming into “an attack site” for Republican front-runner Donald Trump’s campaign in the past month, telling a conservative radio host this week that Drudge just promotes “whatever the Trump campaign is pushing that day.'

A POLITICO analysis of more than 300 Drudge banners this year reveals that Cruz has a strong argument: Matt Drudge’s conservative aggregation site has largely pushed banner pieces publicizing Trump favorably and in recent days either criticizing or deriding Cruz, a stark shift from 2015, when he appeared to be ambivalent toward the billionaire businessman." [69]


The Drudge Report has a history of fabricating or misrepresenting stories.[24][25][26][26][27][28] In October 2004, The Drudge Report misrepresented a speech made by John Edwards according to the transcript originally published.[29] Drudge made false reports that Donald Sterling, owner of the LA Clippers, was a Democrat.

According to the Los Angeles County Registrar, Sterling is a registered Republican.[30][31]

Drudge claimed that White House press briefings were staged. A quick fact check by journalists showed that the claim was not true.[32][33]

Drudge claimed to have paid a fine for not having insurance under the Affordable Care Act one year before fines were levied.[34] Drudge reported that government stimulus gives cash to undocumented immigrants.[35]

The site carries advertisements which generate the site's revenue. The Drudge Report's advertising is sold by Intermarkets, the Vienna, Virginia-based advertising firm.[36]

In April 2009, the Associated Press announced that it would be examining the fair use doctrine, used by sites like Google and the Drudge Report to justify the use of AP content without payment.[37][38]

On May 4, 2009, the US Attorney General's office issued a warning to employees in Massachusetts not to visit the Drudge Report and other sites because of malicious code contained in some of the advertising on the website.[39] In March 2010, antivirus company Avast! warned that advertising at the Drudge Report, The New York Times, Yahoo, Google, MySpace and other sites carried malware that could infect computers.

"The most compromised ad delivery platforms were Yield Manager and Fimserve, but a number of smaller ad systems, including Myspace, were also found to be delivering malware on a lesser scale", said Avast Virus Labs.[40]

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