Matt Drudge: Shaking and Stirring the News
"Matt Drudge is right where he wants to be: front and center, shaking things up, making everyone squirm a bit." ~Andrew L. Shapiro The Drudge Factor
When many people today think of blogs the Drudge Report immediately comes to mind. Pundits like Shapiro claim that Drudge excels because he separates himself from the traditional media approach and sensationalizes and dramatizes what he reads off the news wire.
Drudge began his blogging career without any experience in journalism like many other bloggers. Whether you love his site or hate him, Drudge refuses to fit into conventions and says what he wants. The interesting thing about blogging and the Drudge Report however is the fact that while many people get their news from the site, and Drudge presents the details he might not always spin the stories without biasing one side over another. No matter how much Drudge dramaticizes while traditional journalists try to remain more neutral and two sided, Drudge does not have anything to apologize for.
Not making any apologies Drudge and other bloggers present the news as they see it. Do you think that is the allure of blogs or do you think that is the danger of blogs? To me I really do not see any easy question to the answer.
When many people today think of blogs the Drudge Report immediately comes to mind. Pundits like Shapiro claim that Drudge excels because he separates himself from the traditional media approach and sensationalizes and dramatizes what he reads off the news wire.
Drudge began his blogging career without any experience in journalism like many other bloggers. Whether you love his site or hate him, Drudge refuses to fit into conventions and says what he wants. The interesting thing about blogging and the Drudge Report however is the fact that while many people get their news from the site, and Drudge presents the details he might not always spin the stories without biasing one side over another. No matter how much Drudge dramaticizes while traditional journalists try to remain more neutral and two sided, Drudge does not have anything to apologize for.
Not making any apologies Drudge and other bloggers present the news as they see it. Do you think that is the allure of blogs or do you think that is the danger of blogs? To me I really do not see any easy question to the answer.
