http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/drudgereport/ en-us Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:50:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273388/posts ABC TURNS PROGRAMMING OVER TO OBAMA; NEWS TO BE ANCHORED FROM INSIDE WHITE HOUSE Tue Jun 16 2009 08:45:10 ET On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care -- a move that has ignited an ethical firestorm! Highlights on the agenda: ABCNEWS anchor Charlie Gibson will deliver WORLD NEWS from the Blue Room of the White House. The network plans a primetime special -- 'Prescription for America' -- originating from the East Room, exclude opposing voices on... Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273388/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:50:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272755/posts ABC TURNS PROGRAMMING OVER TO OBAMA; NEWS TO BE ANCHORED FROM INSIDE WHITE HOUSE Tue Jun 16 2009 08:45:10 ET On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care -- a move that has ignited an ethical firestorm! Highlights on the agenda: ABCNEWS anchor Charlie Gibson will deliver WORLD NEWS from the Blue Room of the White House. The network plans a primetime special -- 'Prescription for America' -- originating from the East Room, exclude opposing voices on... Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272755/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:14:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249822/posts Driven by angry constituents, state senators are moving to flatten the tires of welfare recipients by cutting a program spotlighted in the Herald that hands them donated cars and state-funded insurance, repairs and even AAA membership. “We can’t be giving out freebies,” said state Sen. Steven A. Baddour (D-Methuen). “At a time when we’re cutting programs across the spectrum and working families are struggling to pay the bills, this program is just too rich for this budget.” The Herald reported last week that Gov. Deval Patrick was expanding the $400,000 wheels-for-welfare program with a $30,000 infusion despite the budget crisis.... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249822/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 06:41:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235672/posts On the morning of June 7, 2008, Matt Drudge showed up at the National Building Museum in Washington, where Hillary Clinton was scheduled to give her concession speech. At the entrance, Drudge found his host, Tracy Sefl, a Clinton campaign staffer who, the day before, had offered to meet Drudge at the event. Throughout the campaign, Sefl had served as the Clintons' preferred back channel to communicate with the mercurial operator of the Drudge Report. Both sides benefited from the arrangement: The Clinton camp could push favorable items into the news cycle, and Drudge would receive the inevitable traffic boost... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235672/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:46:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2166629/posts Matt Drudge at The Drudge Report poked fun today at the much-heralded Obama Whistle-stop Train Tour to Washington, D.C. Drudge linked to an article about the train tour with the bold headline, "Obama [Re]Travels to Washington." Obama, who has been in D.C. for days, flew to Philadelphia to get on the train and travel back to Washington, D.C. The train trip is meant to evoke the aura of Abraham Lincoln's train trip to Washington, D.C. ahead of his inaugural. The big difference: Lincoln was not in Washington prior to beginning the train trip! Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2166629/posts#comment Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:27:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2152547/posts Monday 12/22, 2:41am CT -- This entry was formerly entitled, "Elect Schwarzenegger President? Obama Says Yes We Can! Dear L.A. Times..." Now, the plot thickens -- the story of the story. As it turns out, this article was featured in Drudge Report as well as Free Republic and then... poof! The lead disappeared! Funny how that can happen. Was it because of the implications this has, at such a sensitive time -- what with cases before the Supreme Court showing Obama to be a fictitious candidate, not a natural born Citizen at all? And with Congress yet to certify the... Investigating Obama (& Drudge, FR, about the L.A. Times, 60 Minutes) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2152547/posts#comment Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:00:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130030/posts At the beginning of the summer, the press considered the Drudge Report so influential that its proprietor, Matt Drudge, was thought to be in position to determine the fall election's results. Jonathan Martin and Ben Smith of Politico wrote that he had "an uncanny ability to drive the national conversation" and quoted Mitt Romney's press secretary saying that Drudge "serves as an assignment editor for the national press corps." In a piece titled "How Matt Drudge Rules the (Political) World," Washingtonpost.com reporter Chris Cillizza wrote that Drudge and his site "sit at the junction of politics and journalism in the... Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130030/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:20:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2116938/posts [Obama]: "I'm not interested in the suburbs. The suburbs bore me..." New York Times Via Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2116938/posts#comment Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:39:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2115278/posts Just saw the headline at drudge...BIDEN GRILLED BY NEWS ANCHOR: IS OBAMA MARXIST? With the tag line at the top: YOU'RE PUNISHED: OBAMA CAMPAIGN CUTS OFF TV STATION AFTER TOUGHBIDEN INTERVIEW... Watch the VIDEO fireworks here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQXcImQfubM Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2115278/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:56:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2107275/posts The Drudgereport has been my homepage for a long time... I am seeing ads from the Obama campaign, Oliver Stones stupid movie "W", the american association for justice, the world society for the protection of animals, etc... I almost feel violated when they pop up... There... I got that off my chest... The Drudgereport http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2107275/posts#comment Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:39:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2052205/posts <p>The difference between going through a Sunday as a married woman versus as a single gal is striking. First of all, in my single hood days in D.C., I’d be arriving back at my condo in the wee hours of the morning and would sleep and nurse a hangover for the rest of the day. As a married woman and mom in suburban Maryland, my Sundays are quiet and mainly consist of doing things with my family or around the house. However, during football season my husband and son normally get involved with sports and “NFL Sunday” for the whole day, giving me precious time to myself. During this “precious time”, I read the newspapers, watch news programs on T.V. and other media, and listen to talk radio for the entire afternoon and evening. Until recently.</p> 630 AM - WMAL, Washington, D.C. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2052205/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:04:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043548/posts There's little debate that Matt Drudge and his eponymous website sit at the junction of politics and journalism in the modern media age. SNIP And yet, for anyone who follows the day in, day out nitty-gritty of campaign politics (as we do) it is well worth reminding yourself of how much power Drudge has to push a particular storyline or a broader narrative in the race. SNIP "Drudge has become center court at Wimbledon," said Alex Castellanos, a Republican media consultant and adviser to former governor Mitt Romney's presidential bid. "If it doesn't happen there, it doesn't happen." What explains... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043548/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:28:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978448/posts Ten years ago, he was a reclusive 31-year-old who, bashing away on a laptop in his grungy Hollywood apartment, shot to prominence after he broke the Monica Lewinsky scandal that threatened to bring down Bill Clinton's presidency. Now, Matt Drudge owns a luxurious home on Rivo Alto Island in Florida's Biscayne Bay, a condominium at the Four Seasons in Miami, and is said to drive a black Mustang. He remains an elusive, mysterious figure, but the Internet pioneer is arguably the world's most powerful journalist. Mr. Drudge is still an outsider, contemptuous of the cosy relationships and closed-door deals that... The Daily Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978448/posts#comment Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:06:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961716/posts There's a report today that the New York Times has a story coming up that details extensive involvement between Senator McCain and a telco lobbyist that may have resulted in the telco retro-active immunity provision of the new FISA amendment. ... According to Matt Drudge, McCain has hired legal counsel to pressure the Times to hold back on the story until after the primaries, or kill it outright. Additionally, according to Drudges account, "Rutenburg had hoped to break the story before the Christmas holiday, sources reveal, but editor Keller expressed serious reservations about journalism ethics and issuing a damaging story... Newsvine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961716/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:02:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955035/posts ~ January 17, 1998 ~ NEWSWEEK KILLS STORY ON WHITE HOUSE INTERN; BLOCKBUSTER REPORT: 23-YEAR OLD, SEX RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX 06:11 UTC SUN JAN 18 1998 XXXXX NEWSWEEK KILLS STORY ON WHITE HOUSE INTERN BLOCKBUSTER REPORT: 23-YEAR OLD, FORMER WHITE HOUSE INTERN, SEX RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT **World Exclusive** **Must Credit the DRUDGE REPORT** At the last minute, at 6 p.m. on Saturday evening, NEWSWEEK magazine killed a story that was destined to shake official Washington to its foundation: A White House intern carried on a sexual affair with the President of the United States! The DRUDGE... Drudge Report (archived copy) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955035/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:06:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1949645/posts Excerpt: TALK OF HILLARY EXIT ENGULFS CAMPAIGNS Mon Jan 07 2008 09:46:28 ET Facing a double-digit defeat in New Hampshire, a sudden collapse in national polls and an expected fund-raising drought, Senator Hillary Clinton is preparing for a tough decision: Does she get out of the race? And when?!Source Drudge Report www.enewsreference.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1949645/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:30:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1946877/posts One current permathread on Big Orange is that Krugman and Obama are feuding or having a vendetta. Which, when you take a step back, is bizarre. That movement conservatives and Villagers like stone Bush enabler William Kristol, like David Brooks, Broderella, and Andrew Sullivan are all good with Obama isn’t even mentioned in passing by Obama’s fan base. And yet those same enthusiasts spend inordinate amounts of time vilifying Paul Krugman, a true progressive who was there for us from the earliest dark days of the Bush regime. Curious. What’s really happening? Krugman doesn’t have a problem with Obama; Krugman... Corrente Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1946877/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jan 2008 21:38:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850281/posts The Wall Street Journal says the Republicans' prospects for 2008 are looking "dim," with Americans giving the GOP "their most negative assessment in the two-decade history" of the Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. Maybe this will help: As the Politico reports, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has come up with a 39-page playbook to teach GOP candidates how to weather the not-so-new new-media world. "Rapid response and explanation of a position or vote to friendly blogs can ensure center-right solidarity behind your defense," the playbook says. "The paradigmatic example of the failure to do is the 'macaca' moment. Conservative blogs,... Salon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850281/posts#comment Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:36:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1844259/posts {{{{DRUDGE POLL}}}} WHO WON THE DEM DEBATE IN NH? Biden 7% 488 Clinton 12% 901 Dodd 5% 383 Edwards 6% 413 Gravel 8% 591 Kucinich 10% 737 Obama 38% 2,759 Richardson 14% 995 Total Votes: 7,267 The Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1844259/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jun 2007 00:30:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833309/posts John McCain's "Bomb Iran" scandal almost never happened.  The reporters covering the Murrells Inlet, S.C., rally last month, where McCain jokingly parodied the old Beach Boys song "Barbara Ann" with the words "Bomb Iran," didn't think the joke was news. Only one writer, Scott Harper, from the local Georgetown Times, mentioned it in his story, and he relegated it to the 17th paragraph. "I didn't think Jay Leno would be talking about it," he said.  The Associated Press reporter on-site ignored the joke altogether, and focused his story on McCain's pledge to brief the public about Iraq on a biweekly... Salon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833309/posts#comment Mon, 14 May 2007 16:17:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1800558/posts Barack Obama commands respect while Hillary Clinton overacts. Plus: John Edwards' disappearing act, Mary Shelley debunked, and Ann Coulter's gender weirdness. Nerves, nerves, nerves: The contenders in both parties for the 2008 presidential nomination have been acting like skittish race-track thoroughbreds rearing and shying as their handlers try to shove them into the gates. Each campaign is super-concerned about its candidate getting distracted, winded or making a crippling misstep. What in tarnation was the Hillary Clinton camp thinking when it threw a tantrum about Hollywood producer David Geffen making a few critical remarks about her to a fagged-out media scold?... Salon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1800558/posts#comment Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:30:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1754142/posts Matt Drudge, who may or may not be a willing accomplice to the distortion of news reporting, must be held responsible for the dissemination of the bias in the liberal press. Studies have shown that the readership of the Times is down — as it is in other liberal publications — and so are the television ratings of the alphabet networks and CNN and MSNBC, while Fox News is up. Nevertheless, the propaganda of the "enemedia"—--an excellent descriptive term coined by one poster to Lucianne.com--—continues to sully news coverage, thanks to Mr. Drudge. A study of press bias by a... The New York Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1754142/posts#comment Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:43:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1753906/posts The first time I heard the word "mendacity" was in the film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." I loved the way Burl Ives's character spits out the word as something vile and unacceptable. Unfortunately, we live in a society where untruthfulness is routinely accepted and even mandated by politicians, union leaders, and members of the press. New York is the headquarters of the biggest producer of mendacity, the New York Times. Fortunately, it's also the home of the antidote, Lucianne.com. NY Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1753906/posts#comment Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:45:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1734269/posts This may be nothing, it may be something, but if you go to Matt's front page, the capitol dome, which was tilting straight up a half hour ago, is now tiliting to the right. The Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1734269/posts#comment Tue, 7 Nov 2006 22:17:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730059/posts The troops respond to Lurch! drudgereport http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730059/posts#comment Wed, 1 Nov 2006 18:01:10 GMT