Drop Drudge
- Posted by Beth on February 29th, 2008 filed in Afghanistan, Blogs, General, Journalism, Support the Troops, The War, UK Drudge
Endangering the lives of British troops for a sensational scoop about Prince Harry (about which the mainstream media had surprisingly kept quiet) is taking sensationalism too far. Way too far. It’s hardly different from the New York Slimes exposing secrets to the enemy.
The British people are furious with Channel 4’s Jon Snow for saying “thank God for Drudge,” and many have decided to boycott Snow and Channel 4. Why stop there? Matt Drudge was the one to spill the beans, after all.
Jeff Quinton is urging others:
Since Drudge really isn’t that necessary anymore for news, and his scoops are few and far between anymore, why not drop Drudge? Remove his link from your website, de-link him from your blog and don’t link to him. If you care about letting him know that you’ve done it and why, send a message to drudge@drudgereport.com, otherwise just pull any links to him. Let us know if you’ve gone along with this plan in the comments below.
Count me in.
Dump Drudge. He’s well past his prime, and breaking this story just shows his desperation. Who needs him?
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Martin says:
I was appalled at Matt Drudge for doing this. Prince Harry actually appears to be approximating a normal human being, who cares most to be with his fellow soldiers.
He got 10 weeks out of it, and I’ll bet they are the making of him. Shame it couldn’t have been 10 months.
PaulW says:
I was surprised when I heard it was Drudge. It was amazing to find out the brit tabs actually kept their mouths shut for once.
As for dropping Drudge, I’ve never linked to him. I’ve barely glanced at what he had to post, and to me it was trashy rumor crap you got out of the National Enquirer. It was Wonkette without the panda lust. How many times had he de-listed something that proved embarrassingly wrong? As a journalism grad, I only felt shame with this guy, and ignored ignored ignored. There are better news sources than him.
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