Matt Drudge will remember 2013 forever–not because his website, the Drudge Report, set another traffic record but because his life was changed when he discovered prayer. “It’s the year I discovered prayer,” Drudge told the Wall Street Journal when asked the
The most over-covered story of the year according to MSNBC host Chris Hayes was the Knockout game, which he views as a “Fox News, Drudge obsession.” Hayes announced his selection in his ‘All-in’ Awards “over/under-covered news” segment. Knockout game coverage
Maria Bartiromo, the “money honey” that has been the face of CNBC, is moving to Fox Business Network, as first reported on the Drudge Report on Monday. According to Drudge, “sources close to the situation say there have been ongoing
Defenders of Amazon’s Alpha House will argue the show delivers a snarky, inside the Beltway comedy for the company’s streaming content launch. Here’s how “inside” the show is–in the opening moments of the first new episode we see Republican politicians
Though the lack of details about Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s health may have dissuaded Mitt Romney from selecting him as his running mate, a new book on the 2012 campaign suggests the Romney campaign was more concerned with
In response to Season of the Glitch: So what happened, by all appearances is, NBC deleted the story at some point late last night, made a key edit, and put it back up at a different web address, thereby breaking
On Monday, NBC News reported that President Obama’s administration knew for three years that Americans would lose their current insurance under Obamacare. The story quickly became the lead at the Drudge Report, making it the hottest political story on the
On Monday, the Republican National Senatorial Committee rolled out a new sticker mocking Obamacare web failures. The sticker read: “404: Error.” Only one problem. After the stickers were linked by the Drudge Report, the GOP website promptly failed, giving a
Government bureaucrats aren’t good at much, but they are efficient at making words lose their meaning. For example, the affordable part of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, really means forcing healthy millennials to buy insurance they cannot
On Tuesday evening, left-wing Politico ran a headline story encapsulating the theme of the day: “Government closed, Obamacare falters.” That message marked a massive loss for the Obama administration, which has claimed that Obamacare’s implementation could not be delayed, and
The Republican Party has a new heart, says Matt Drudge–or perhaps at least two. As Texas Senator Ted Cruz was into his filibuster-like maneuver to bring attention to defunding Obamacare, Drudge took to Twitter to proclaim that the “heart” of
Congress has been wrestling with just how to define a journalist in this electronic age, and, despite Internet king Matt Drudge calling Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) a “fascist” for her definition, Washington is pushing ahead with the idea of creating
The attempt by Senate Democrats to define who is, and is not, a journalist is only the latest assault by the left on the First Amendment during the Obama era. From their attacks on free speech in opposition to the
Yesterday the US Senate attempted to define who is and is not a journalist. In the process of passing a “Shield Law” to protect journalists and their sources, a fiery debate ensued over just who is a journalist and who
A new study that examined the disruptive influence Twitter is having on modern political campaigns revealed that political operatives believe the Drudge Report has made new media outlets as important as–or more important than–the legacy outlets the eponymous website formed to
On Tuesday, Matt Drudge, long known for his libertarian leanings, asked on Twitter, “Why would anyone vote Republican? Please give reason.” Sounding like Tea Partiers who revolted against George W. Bush big-government domestic programs–like No Child Left Behind, the Medicare
On Tuesday, internet guru Matt Drudge tweeted a controversial question about America’s vague foreign policy in the Middle East: The al-Qaeda-backed opposition in Syria may receive open Obama administration support in the form of military strikes this week. Meanwhile, the
The Huffington Post has accused Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge, and Fox News of falsely injecting race into the story of Australian baseball player Christopher Lane who was murdered last week while jogging in Duncan, Okla. Police have not ascribed any racial
In response to Then Why Isn’t There a National Center-Right Newspaper?: Interesting question. I was looking at this from the ground up and from that perspective I think it’s inevitable that most of these papers die off unless they differentiate
***UPDATE: On Neil Cavuto’s show, Thursday, Fox News chairman Roger Ailes responded to the news that Megyn Kelly is moving to primetime: Generally, I don’t confirm or deny any rumors, and that is a rumor at the moment,” said Ailes,
New Media powerhouse Matt Drudge sent out a tantalizing Tweet Sunday about the upcoming political drama Lee Daniels’ The Butler. The film, based on the life of a black butler named Eugene Allen who served through several presidential administrations, already
In response to Report: CIA Silencing Operatives with Knowledge of Benghazi Operations: “This is the one” Drudge editor Joseph Curl is saying about the latest revelations coming out about Benghazi. He’s referring to what his CIA source promised back in
Using his verified Twitter account, Drudge Report owner/editor, Matt Drudge, criticized the mainstream media Tuesday over their deafening silence on the issue of mounting U.S. troop casualties in Afghanistan. In his tweet, Drudge takes issue with the fact that although
For my entire life, a letter has hung on the wall at the bottom of the steps of the old, elegant–but not grand–farm house where my mother grew up. The house sits on the western shoulder of Clark’s Mountain in
