Leave Matt Drudge Alone !

American Spectator ^ | April 22, 2009 | Robert Stacy McCain

[RobinMasters]

The New Republic has a gossipy article about Internet newshound Matt Drudge's penchant for privacy:

What is driving Drudge to seclusion? Those who know him say that part of the reason he has disappeared from public view is that he is so bothered by the media's prurient interest in his personal life. "He wants no part of a lot of this," the friend told me. "He sees it as nonsense. He doesn't have respect for the way people have tried to write about him."

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The New Republic has a gossipy article about Internet newshound Matt Drudge's penchant for privacy:

My guess is Drudge has a no greater penchant for privacy than any other reporter. It's just that since Drudge doesn't always run with their herd he has a target on his back.

[al baby]

He’s gay so what. I just miss the siren at his site he does not use it very often anymore

[ErnBatavia]

He’s probably dating Shepard Smith.

[domenad]

Matt Drudge realizes the same crap reporting techniques that left the way open for him to become #1 will be used in reporting about him. Why wouldn’t he dodge the press? You guys SUCK, mainstream media. You suck. You’re going broke, and Matt is herniating disc after disc carrying bags of gold bullion to the bank. If he needed another reason to avoid you, it might just be that he’s filthy stinking rich and you’ll all be looking in the gutters for cigarette butts within a few years.

[PittsburghAfterDark]

When he’s scooped thousands of paid journalists and has more readers than just about any local newspaper or TV station of course he’s going to be targeted.

I’m just waiting for the day media becomes so cannibalistic that reporting on anchors and other reporters is newsworthy.

Drudge knows any detail of his life is newsworthy to traditional outlets because he isn’t “one of them”. They would love to break the internet dude who has ruined life in the bubble.

[meandog]

I really could care less about Matt Drudge's sexual proclivities. I only care that he provides a timely and valuable service to persons seeking information and current events. I do believe, however, if he is demanding privacy then he is in the wrong business. He is a public figure, pure and simple and therefore subjected to Times vs. Sullivan.

[Veto!]

Leave Shep ALONE.

[day10]

[Glenn]

Drudge is merely an annoying side effect of the Internet.

He hasn’t done anything interesting since “the dress”.

And he is fair game for anyone who wants to investigate or speculate on him.

[Ben Mugged]

What goes around, comes around.

[golf lover]

All we heard from the mass media about that whoremaster Clinton was that it’s his private life. As long as it didn’t affect job performance almost anything goes. Do we have a double standard here?

[GoMonster]

SHEP SUCKS!!!!! I had to log in to say that. Been a while. He is a whiney

[prismsinc]

He’s gay so what. I just miss the siren at his site he does not use it very often anymore

Really? I heard Ann Coulter say this was pure media mud-throwing, that there's no truth to it

[AppyPappy]

“He hasn’t done anything interesting since “the dress”.”

You are so mistaken that it is difficult to decide how to educate you.

I imagine Drudge doesn’t need the wear and tear of dealing with the media.

[NC28203]

>>>Those who know him say that part of the reason he has disappeared from public view is that he is so bothered by the media’s prurient interest in his personal life

Kind of ironic since a good portion of his web site is stories related to other peoples’ public lives.

[Glenn]

You are so mistaken that it is difficult to decide how to educate you.

What investigative journalism has he done on his own in the last 10 years?

The man waits for emails from goofy fans and then posts it.

[NC28203]

public lives should have been personal lives.

[tubebender]

My News source is FReeRepublic.com...

[Mad Dawgg]

"He’s gay so what. I just miss the siren at his site he does not use it very often anymore..."

The Siren is alive and well, it just resides on Twitter now and is used daily!