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Will Bunch has the story.  Do you think this kind of shameless lack of journalistic ethics or integrity will curb the Politico and others from linking to Drudge constantly and finally view him as the hack he is?  Nope, me neither.

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Cantor de Mambo's picture

Yeah, well Matt Drudge IS a tool.

Strawberry's picture

Drudge=something someone forgot to flush. Why do people still think he's credible? Honestly. And he's a mediocre writer.

pissed off patricia's picture

Isn't Drudge sort of part of the media?

dadams's picture

Matt Drudge commits suicide!

we can only hope.

Curtilingus's picture

Just take a look at the last photo of Mr Jewel and you know the media had nothing to do with it. He had "natural causes" written all over him.

Poor guy did go through a hell of an ordeal. That would probably shorten anyone's life span.

Pablo Collins's picture

Do you suppose Drudge will run the same headline when the wingnuts run over Hillary Clinton like a freight train after she has the nomination?

Matt Drudge died this afternoon when the GOP he was helping to support collapsed on him.

Strawberry's picture

Ehew. Those comments from the pro Drudgers were...interesting. One said that Drudge gets more hits in one day than all liberal blogs combined. Hmm. How can we get Drudges numbers without actually linking to the mook's site?

Smack_dab's picture

Matt Sludge is the biggest gossip out there. He repeats anything as long as he thinks he's the first to make it public. If he was around back then, he would have been the one to break this 'story'.

Richard Jewell was a hero. He did the right thing when he could have easily looked the other way and like so many who do the right thing, he was slimed for it.

Dr. Matt's picture

Blame the media....typical reich-wing tactic

Strawberry @ 8:

Ehew. Those comments from the pro Drudgers were...interesting. One said that Drudge gets more hits in one day than all liberal blogs combined. Hmm. How can we get Drudges numbers without actually linking to the mook's site?

Drudge has his hit numbers on a balloon and when he pumps all his hot air into it the numbers appear larger.

I guess after "blame the media" worked so well for Senator Craig this week that Drudge figured he would use it too, and he'll probably have the same results that Craig had, none.

TCarlson's picture

And the pro-Drudgers eat this shit up like a GOP senator in scat video. Drudge is the shiny object that keeps these poor idiots amused.

Old Billy's picture

Matt who? Never heard of him.

StirFry's picture

whoops I was still in character as Tucker Carlson.

Strawberry's picture

Yup CNN just confirmed Jewel died from a heart attack. Poor dude.

A Richard Head's picture

Strawberry @ 8:

Ehew. Those comments from the pro Drudgers were...interesting. One said that Drudge gets more hits in one day than all liberal blogs combined. Hmm. How can we get Drudges numbers without actually linking to the mook's site?

It was crazy. Not a single comment from a Bunch supporter.

Dr. Matt's picture

It's quite amusing reading all those reich-wingers defend their closet homosexual eggman Drudge.

Limp-Dick Blimpaugh's picture

Everybody knows he a rethug media hack that gets everything wrong and is a complete ugly moron.

A Richard Head's picture

I'm sorry there were a couple towards the end.

Strawberry's picture

A Richard Head @ 17:

Strawberry @ 8:

Ehew. Those comments from the pro Drudgers were...interesting. One said that Drudge gets more hits in one day than all liberal blogs combined. Hmm. How can we get Drudges numbers without actually linking to the mook's site?

It was crazy. Not a single comment from a Bunch supporter.

It's funny that you said that, Drudge seems to have this rapid response hit squad, that trolls the left wing blogs. Remember the McCain/Ware/Drudge/heckling fiasco? Drudge never did apologize to Ware for that. Not that Ware gives a damn about Drudge. Ware is 10 times the man Drudge dreams about meeting in a public bathroom stall.

Just heard on tv that the pentagon is talking to the GAO asking them to change some of their findings in their report. That seems fair. If a report comes out that you don't like, just ask someone to change it. Can we use that in our lives? What a mess!

The pics I saw of Jewell showed him as being overweight. Sadly, that my have been part of his problem.

correction. Sadly that may have been part of his problem.

thepoetryman's picture

Matt Drudge is a puppet for those still in denial of the truth.

Why he gets one iota of a flea's ass millisecond of exposure is beyond me.

uncle joe mccarthy's picture

so when is queen drudge gonna get caught soliciting in a midwestern bathroom?

there is no way that any self respecting gay man would have sex with this tool, without him being hidden behind a stall.

oh, and when are the wingnuts gonna blame jewell's death on bill clinton....

Liberal AND Proud's picture

The Drudge Report is so 1990s.

No wonder the media quote it. They are always 10 years behind.

Carmikl's picture

None of the media outlets seem to want to remind the public that the FBI tried to trick Richard Jewell into signing a false confession. It's like our collective consciousness wants to forget that the FBI would do such a thing. Heavens, that might make someone question the techniques being used today to extract confessions. Somehow it's unpatriotic to remind people that the FBI has a history of such trickery.

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pissed off patricia @ 12:

I guess after "blame the media" worked so well for Senator Craig this week that Drudge figured he would use it too, and he'll probably have the same results that Craig had, none.

They had best not bite the hand that has fed them all this time to route the American people and the world for corporate profit or they may soon find them (MSM) biting back.

Batocchio's picture

Drudge has never had any integrity. What's The Politico's excuse?

thepoetryman's picture

Liberal AND Proud @ 26:

The Drudge Report is so 1990s.

No wonder the media quote it. They are always 10 years behind.

Hooooooo Agggghhhh!

pissed off patricia's picture

Just made my first ever visit to Drudge's site. Yes, I do feel I need a shower now. I also noticed on his site that he is saying Fred Thompson will announce today at 4:30 that he is running for prez. Let's see if that happens.

Boring Scott's picture

I wonder if Drudge is a wide squatter?

anon's picture

Jewel clearly had health issues.

Drudge is an idiot.

But Cynthia Tucker (I mistakenly identified her as Cynthia Taylor yesterday) was an absolute barbarian with regards to her treatment of Jewel at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Tucker

She is most definitely media - she didnt kill him - but she treated him wrongly in my opinion.

Don's picture

thepoetryman @ 24:

Matt Drudge is a puppet for those still in denial of the truth.

Mutt Drudge aka ( Crud Mutt ) will totally redeem himself by falsely reporting that Mr Jewels last words were, " Vote Kucinich".

Rest in peace Mr. Jewel, you were treated very badly.

Doctor on High's picture

Drudge is so far past being inconsequential, he can only hope to report (first hand) on Jeff Gannon's need to kegel. Parade Magazine gets more scoops.

pinkobait's picture

Come now.I'm sure Drudge didn't mean to imply that the "media" killed Mr Jewell.
What he MEANT to say was the "Liberal media" killed him.
I'm also certain that Matt took into full account how this story might affect Jewell's wife,the resulting further stress and pain this might cause her,weighted his options,then realized the story was *cough*" too important" not to tell.

Harley's picture

Strawberry @ 2:

Drudge=something someone forgot to flush. Why do people still think he's credible? Honestly. And he's a mediocre writer.

He is not a writer, he is a linker.

Samson-'s picture

drudge is looking straight down the barrel of another libel suit. (see, blumenthal)

void of credibility... check. so, it does make sense for the politico to link to the drudgery. peas/pod.

and, i didn't see this site linked, so here it goes:

the drudge retort
http://www.drudge.com/

BaScOmBe's picture

urse, the relentless, evidence-free investigation by the fbi and their constant 'news conferencing' had nothing to do with anything, right. Drudge may be schitt, but I don't recall much of the media asking for tangible evidence. as I recall, they were more like ambulance chasers.

The Drudge Report is like reaching the end of the check out counter and being inundated with copies of The Enquirer, the Globe, and other crap about space aliens found in the belly of the Sphinx.

A Richard Head's picture

The way I looked at it was, you can accuse me of anything you want to(because i'm innocent) as long as you PAY me. Hell, you can even waterboard me for a while because after you're done I'll cough up water all the way to the Bank.

Professor Farnsworth's picture

ronnierayjenkins.com @ 40:

The Drudge Report is like reaching the end of the check out counter and being inundated with copies of The Enquirer, the Globe, and other crap about space aliens found in the belly of the Sphinx.

lol. no kidding. I've only visited that site once and got confused and didn't bother with it.

Paul's picture

The Eggman will always have an audience. There's always a market for the lies of liars.

Strawberry's picture

pissed off patricia @ 31:

Just made my first ever visit to Drudge's site. Yes, I do feel I need a shower now. I also noticed on his site that he is saying Fred Thompson will announce today at 4:30 that he is running for prez. Let's see if that happens.

Well Pat, Drudge once again is WRONG!!!!!! Thompson just announced that he will announce September 6th. Oh and CNN has the audio of Larry Craig's arrest....I don't know if I want to listen...

Professor Farnsworth's picture

Strawberry @ 44:

pissed off patricia @ 31:

Just made my first ever visit to Drudge's site. Yes, I do feel I need a shower now. I also noticed on his site that he is saying Fred Thompson will announce today at 4:30 that he is running for prez. Let's see if that happens.

Well Pat, Drudge once again is WRONG!!!!!! Thompson just announced that he will announce September 6th. Oh and CNN has the audio of Larry Craig's arrest....I don't know if I want to listen...

an announcement for an announcement? lol

Blue Buddha's picture

Wasn't it Drudge who originally put the idea into everyone's heads that the Clintons killed Vince Foster? Blaming murder on other people is par for the course with this clown.

Fanon's picture

Blue Buddha @ 46:

Wasn't it Drudge who originally put the idea into everyone's heads that the Clintons killed Vince Foster? Blaming murder on other people is par for the course with this clown.

So, when the Clinton's die can we blame Drudge?

Arroyo's picture

Matt finally emerged from a MacArthur Park restroom stall to give us this revelation?

nsr's picture

anon @ 33:

Jewel clearly had health issues.

Drudge is an idiot.

But Cynthia Tucker (I mistakenly identified her as Cynthia Taylor yesterday) was an absolute barbarian with regards to her treatment of Jewel at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Tucker

She is most definitely media - she didnt kill him - but she treated him wrongly in my opinion.

Hey Anon, you were pushing this on the Maliki thread yesterday. Got a link?

nsr's picture

I mean besides Wiki. Something she wrote, for example?

Dr. Matt's picture

And yet again reich-wingers are able to disprove the fact that they ARE NOT the party of personal responsibility.

jr's picture

Matt Drudge is a fedora wearing prick. He uses constant "media bias" culture war soma stories to get the mouth breathers to vote for top 1 percent tax cutters

Blue Buddha's picture

Fanon @ 47:

Blue Buddha @ 46:

Wasn't it Drudge who originally put the idea into everyone's heads that the Clintons killed Vince Foster? Blaming murder on other people is par for the course with this clown.

So, when the Clinton's die can we blame Drudge?

Sounds like a good idea.

crazy train's picture

drudge, is a t/f/ool, right wing water carrier, and probably in the closet.

My thoughts are with your family Richard.

SweetAtheist's picture

I found 7 results for the word DRUDGE: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/drudge

Amazing how they all describe this P.O.S. to a T.

Andrew's picture

It's not just Drudge who pisses me off -- it's his enablers in the mainstream media like Howie Kurtz and Jeff Greenfield and Nat Hentoff (who really should know better) who automatically apologize for him 24/7...

Don1one's picture

Do you think this kind of shameless lack of journalistic ethics or integrity will curb the Politico and others from linking to Drudge constantly and finally view him as the hack he is?

I wasn't sure if you were talking about Drudge or the reporters that covered the Jewell story.

While I don't think the stress of this reckless pursuit of news celebrity caused all of his problems, there's no doubt in my mind that it was a major contributor. All because reporters (once again) raced to grab gossip headlines.

jazzmoose's picture

You know, Drudge is a complete idiot, but Will Bunch (and Nicole) pretending that he actually meant that a bunch of reporters got together and shot the guy is just disingenuous. I don't like that crap when the right (regularly) pulls it, and I don't like it from the left either.

christian's picture

drudge is a moron muckracker, but jewel was indeed cruelly hounded and judged by the media. if you recall, he was implicated primarily because -- he still lived with his mother!

that's why networks settled out of court.

Steven Hogden's picture

Matt Drudge has a problem.His nose has turned brown.Because he has had it up "Bush's" ass.He is one sorry lackey !

John H's picture

Looks like Drudge is trying to cover up his lies again. I just checked and the only references to Richard Jewell are three news articles. Two are reports of his death and one is a notice about a memorial service. I can find no reference to his being murdered. Apparently to avoid rumors the Georgia Medical Examiner did an autopsy and is waiting for toxicology reports,

You would wish the rumor mongers would let the man alone. He had already been through so much. Then to be diagnosed with diabetes is a lot to suffer. Rest in peace.

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