Matt Drudge
Matt Drudge
Matthew Nathan "Matt" Drudgeis an American political commentator and the creator and editor of the Drudge Report, a news aggregator. Drudge has also authored a book and hosted a radio show and a television show...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth27 October 1966
government media
The media is comparable to government-probably passes government in raw power.
media television news
Television saved the movies. The Internet is going to save the news business.
giving stories attention
A lot of the stories are internal. They leak it to me wanting to get attention, wanting to get that headline. More times than not, I will not give it to them.
internet tandem presses
The Internet feeds off the main press, and the main press feeds off the Internet. They're working in tandem.
one-day done paper
If the first lady is concerned about this Internet cycle, what would she have done during the heyday when there was 12, 13 editions of a paper in one day? What would she have done with that news cycle?
news-stories gossip months
Some of the best news stories start in gossip. Monica Lewinsky certainly was gossip in the beginning. I had heard it months before I printed it.
technology liberty want
If technology has finally caught up with individual liberty, why would anyone who loves freedom want to rethink that?
reason participation reports
I envision a future where there'll be 300 million reporters, where anyone from anywhere can report for any reason. It's freedom of participation absolutely realized.
news stories written
I've written thousands of stories, started hundreds of news cycles.
mean outsiders mainstream
Because I have success, it doesn't mean I'm part of the mainstream. I'm still an outsider.
media people way
I cover media people the way they cover politicians.
communication people upset
I follow my conscience - and this is upsetting to some people, but I maintain the conscience is going to be the only thing between us and communication in the future.
thinking gossip labels
Not everything I do is gossip or bedroom. To the contrary, I think that's just an easy label to dismiss me and to dismiss the new medium.
guy ordinary would-be
You would be amazed what the ordinary guy knows.