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Official Drudge Report Boycott Thread

Posted on 01/27/2012 6:47:11 PM PST by Sybeck1

Due to bias shown by Matt Drudge I pledge to boycott the Drudge Report. Please pledge the same if you feel so inclined.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: bias; drudge; drudgeboycott; drudgereport; gop2012; mattdrudge; vanity
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To: Sybeck1

The FreeRepublic link is no longer on the Drudge site.


121 posted on 01/27/2012 7:38:11 PM PST by varina davis (A real American patriot -- Gov. Rick Perry)
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To: All

120 replies this fast on Friday night. Matt seemed to have hit a nerve.


122 posted on 01/27/2012 7:39:30 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Mitt Romney, a piss poor choice)
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To: Sybeck1

My name is Pack29172 and I am addicted to Drudge. I have made the conscious decision to move on. I have eliminated the bookmark. I know I have help available here on FR! Man, ‘O Man does it feel good to break away. Must now work to resist.


123 posted on 01/27/2012 7:40:47 PM PST by pack29172 (Just remember, when seconds count, the cops are only minutes away...)
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To: doc1019

No, you didn’t hit a nerve. People need to fight back when they have been betrayed by lies... that is what Drudge did. I openly support Newt, but it would have been just as bad had it been done to Santorum... how do you think the dems have cowed so many people on our side into silence or PC speak, because there is an understanding that they will do whatever they have to do, in small situations or large, to make sure the other side is aware they are strong, and you better think before you speak negatively about them, because they will find a way to make you pay. That is what we need... People to fear conservative clout. It will start in little bits and grow. Welcome to the first couple bites of fighting back... no matter who or what.. you are military? how do you feel about clout? we have to grow it..


124 posted on 01/27/2012 7:40:50 PM PST by true believer forever (First, they came for the rich.)
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To: KoRn

I’ve not been paying attention. Just exactly what did Drudge do?

He doesn’t write anything, just links to other’s work.


125 posted on 01/27/2012 7:41:19 PM PST by reardensteel
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

Drudge gets 30 million hits daily —more than the daily traffic of every major US daily, combined.

DC political consultants all check his page 10 times or more daily —because his simple act of linking to a story ASSURES that the story WILL be talked about, it WILL become the “real” news, even if it wasn’t.

The ONE man driving news in the USA is Matt Drudge, a former gift-shop clerk, a man who never went to college.

I’ve had many disagreements with his coverage —and recently a major chronic one— but:

THE MAN GAVE US A SHOT —maaaaany dedicated freeps found FR via his link.

Do you all think that WE haven’t done stuff that has sometimes embarrassed him? Yes, there has been stuff like that, over the years, and at several junctures he’s been taken to task over his willing association with us (a couple times we were even un-linked).

But he hasn’t shunned us, and he’s provided really great material.

Did you know Drudge came in person to the FreeRepublic March for Justice?

That was when Clinton and his goons were seriously talking about us as terrorists...! But still Matt showed up..!

The man has GUTS.

It’s OK to disagree with him —he would understand that. He would understand even if there were HUGE disagreements.

But BOYCOTTING him? Oh, please.

Besides with the MSM being what it is, you’ll all be back licking up his material in a week...


126 posted on 01/27/2012 7:41:29 PM PST by gaijin
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To: varina davis

Really? Won’t go to confirm though.


127 posted on 01/27/2012 7:41:40 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Mitt Romney, a piss poor choice)
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To: Sybeck1

Can’t do it since I haven’t looked at the Drudge Report since April, 1998.


128 posted on 01/27/2012 7:42:17 PM PST by dalereed
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
Well that isn't much but I will retract my accusation anyway. I watch all of the threads on FR since it broke in Nov-Dec '10 and have only seen one linked back to Drudge and lots of complaints about important news not being covered there.

I don't suppose there is any way to check how long he keeps those stories up? I know for sure the day he did break on that was posted on FR it was gone entirely within a half hour.

129 posted on 01/27/2012 7:42:17 PM PST by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: reardensteel

He linked to the wrong work.


130 posted on 01/27/2012 7:42:23 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: Sybeck1

I’m not that strong. I can’t even avoid cookies. I know me. I’ll try. But then I have to click 5x as much to get the news.

competitor?


131 posted on 01/27/2012 7:42:28 PM PST by Tenacious 1
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To: Sybeck1

It was there last night, but not now.


132 posted on 01/27/2012 7:42:39 PM PST by varina davis (A real American patriot -- Gov. Rick Perry)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

How long have you worked for Drudge?

How long were they up? Is there a second place to search?


133 posted on 01/27/2012 7:42:51 PM PST by TrumpisRight (Vice President Palin sounds so good....)
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To: manc

For those who experience Drudge Withdrawal Syndrome, try this instead:

http://www.drudge.com/


134 posted on 01/27/2012 7:43:31 PM PST by Red Badger (If you are unemployed long enough, you are no longer unemployed.)
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To: Sybeck1

I’ve stayed away from Drudge for years - no intention of visiting now.


135 posted on 01/27/2012 7:43:52 PM PST by Ron C.
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To: Sybeck1
120 replies this fast on Friday night. Matt seemed to have hit a nerve.

In my crude younger days, we called it "Screwing the Pooch".
136 posted on 01/27/2012 7:44:00 PM PST by ZX12R (FUBO GTFO 2012 ! We should take off and Newt washington from orbit.)
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To: Free America52; Sybeck1

“I am already two days into it.”
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Deleted Drudge from “favorites” two days ago. Will never go back.


137 posted on 01/27/2012 7:44:31 PM PST by panaxanax (0bama >>WORST PRESIDENT EVER.)
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To: true believer forever

He did post Rick’s nerdy pics.


138 posted on 01/27/2012 7:44:39 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Mitt Romney, a piss poor choice)
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To: varina davis

I am not at all happy about it. That’s a hugely popular website and having the Free Republic link there was a good thing to help attract people to this forum.


139 posted on 01/27/2012 7:46:20 PM PST by varina davis (A real American patriot -- Gov. Rick Perry)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

You are missing the point. If everybody on Free Republic and their friends and family boycotted, we couldn’t and shouldn’t shut down Drudge. The point is gaining a little respect, a little show of power that will make Drudge think twice next time before he posts dirt on conservatives. It is a message, not an eviction notice. He needs to get that message, and so do lots of others in the conservative media and establishment, who take tea party types for granted because they think we have nowhere else to go, or they think we are all rubes...


140 posted on 01/27/2012 7:46:31 PM PST by true believer forever (First, they came for the rich.)
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