All Hail the Drudge Report, Except Not So Much
Thanks to JD Lasica at Social Media for pointing out that Joseph Farah’s book, “Stop the Presses!” heralds Matt Drudge’s famous/infamous Drudge Report as the entity that inspired “the ‘blogosphere’ today.”
Certainly Drudge holds a certain place in the web ecosphere. I stop by Drudge every so often – it’s a fun place to get kind of a quick grab-bag collection of what’s going on in the world and on the Interwebs at any given moment. A major grain of salt has to be consumed each time of course to account for the rightward tilt of the story headlines and particularly its “exclusives.” It’s also a place where rumor mingles merrily and openly with truth.
Drudge rose to popularity during the Lewinsky scandal days of the Clinton administration. To claim that the “‘blogosphere’ today” was inspired by Drudge is downright silly. It’s not really a blog, for starters. And the blogospheric revolution would have undoubtedly gone down with or without Matt and company.
