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Drudge Report stories: 20 news summaries
PRESIDENTIAL WAISTLINE DEPT.

 Drudge Alarmed 
 Over Skinny Obama 

Prez not chain-smoking, but does skip some meals

Nov 2, 09 8:00 PM CST
(Newser) - In a post today headlined “Barack ‘N Bones,” the Drudge Report sounds the alarm over President Obama’s gaunt appearance over the weekend. An intense, hoops-heavy exercise regimen is behind what the conservative site calls “dramatic” weight loss. “No, he’s not chain smoking,”... More »

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basketball • smoking • Drudge Report • weight loss • workout • President Obama

 White House Fires Back 
 at Drudge on Health Care 

Responds to video showing Obama discussing 'eliminating' private insurance

Aug 4, 09 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House released a video response today to a Drudge Report posting labeled “Uncovered Video: Obama Explains How His Health Care Plan Will ‘Eliminate’ Private Insurance.” The communications director for the White House Office of Health Reform says the clip is taken “out of context”... More »

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health insurance • Drudge Report • health care reform • health insurers • Obama administration • President Obama • Linda Douglass

OPINION

Beck, Drudge Blast Obama for... Opposing
a Coup?

It's yet another way the president's a commie

Jun 30, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck found a new and creative way of insinuating that President Obama is a commie last night, attacking him for—of all things—opposing the military coup in Honduras. See, Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro also opposed the coup, which means clearly any right-thinking non-pinko would support it. “... More »

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Barack Obama • Fidel Castro • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • Fox News • military coup • Glenn Beck • Honduras • Hugo Chávez • coup d'etat • President Obama • conservative media

(Newser) - In the battle for the blogosphere, left-leaning sites are clobbering their conservative counterparts, thanks mostly to the Huffington Post, David Kaplan writes for paidContent. Liberal sites attracted 6.4 million unique visitors in April, to 4.8 million for conservative sites. Of those, 5.6 million were Huffington Post hits,... More »

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media • traffic • Drudge Report • DailyKos • Michelle Malkin • Tucker Carlson • Huffington Post • blogs • MyDD • TheDailyCaller.com

 Drudge Goes Underground 


Apr 21, 09 8:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Where's Matt Drudge? Though he remains a political force via his website, the man himself "has gone almost completely underground," writes Gabriel Sherman in the New Republic. Fed up with media interest in his personal life, Drudge reportedly spends much of his time traveling abroad. "He's totally... More »

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Drudge Report • Matt Drudge

opinion

Drudge Loses Juice as Media Swing Left

Tough competition drives Fleet Street-style sensationalism, bias

Oct 30, 08 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Ashley Todd hoax was as good a symbol as any of the decline of the Drudge Report, writes John Gapper in the Financial Times. Liberal blogs, cable TV, and, indeed, newspapers themselves have invaded and occupied Matt Drudge’s sensationalist niche. Tough competition and falling circulation are “pushing... More »

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newspaper • cable TV • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • journalism • media bias

ANALYSIS

McCain to Air Rebuttal Ad, Could Leak VP Choice Tonight

GOP goal is to distract from Obama speech

Aug 28, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has a top-secret ad scheduled to run during or just after Barack Obama’s acceptance speech in battleground states—and the campaign could leak news of the Republican’s running mate even earlier, Mike Allen writes on Politico. Little is known about the ad, save that McCain will... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • Democratic National Convention • political advertising • attack ad • McCain 2008 • vice presidential sweepstakes

ANALYSIS

In '08, Drudge Coming More Out of Left Field

Tone-setting blogger stuns GOP by taking
a shine to Obama

Jun 2, 08 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The powerhouse news-aggregating Drudge Report is surprising its loyal fan base by straying from typically conservative output, Politico observes. Editor Matt Drudge had gained the affection of Republicans and ire of Democrats through previous election cycles, but this time the reclusive blogger has displayed a certain fondness for Barack Obama,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential campaign • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • campaign • Election 2008

Talking Heads Call Nomination for Obama

Clinton camp still fighting punditry's pronouncement that race is over

May 7, 08 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - America’s pundit class has deemed the Democratic race over, shifting the conventional wisdom away from Hillary Clinton’s whisker of a chance, the New York Times reports. From Tim Russert’s assertion that “We now know who the Democratic nominee’s going to be, and no one’s... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Drudge Report • Tim Russert • George Stephanopoulos • David Gergen • Bob Schieffer

opinion

Journalists Crave That Touch of Link

Spotlighting individual stories transforms competition for readers

Mar 26, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - "If it bleeds, it leads" is a journalistic truism, but in the age of new media, the traffic-driving link is the gold standard. With aggregators and bloggers cherry-picking lively content, "since the hits are often coming for specific stories, and not the entire site, a blockbuster story that... More »

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Hillary Clinton • media • Drudge Report • Huffington Post • Talking Points Memo • edgy

OPINION

Prince Harry Should Have Stayed

Christopher Hitchens asks what threat he posed others

Mar 12, 08 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Matt Drudge revealed to the world Prince Harry was in Afghanistan, there he should have stayed, writes Christopher Hitchens for Slate. It's "piffle" to think that his royal highness was a "bullet magnet" in Helmand province, already one of the most dangerous places on Earth for any... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Prince Harry • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • war • Buckingham Palace • British troops • British Army • British royals • Helmand province

Aussie Mag Apologizes
to Harry

Publishing Afghan story was 'irresponsible and insensitive,' say editors

Mar 10, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Australian women's magazine has apologized to Britain's Prince Harry for breaking a media embargo and being the first to reveal that he was serving with troops in Afghanistan. The young royal was immediately pulled from the combat zone after just 10 weeks because of fears he would become a... More »

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Afghanistan • Prince Charles • Prince Harry • Drudge Report • British troops • Britain • British royals • Harry

Brits Probe Soldier Who Tried to Sell Harry Pics

Comrade defied media ban, says Guardian

Mar 9, 08 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British military is investigating a soldier who defied military orders and tried to sell "extraordinary" pictures of Prince Harry’s secret Afghanistan deployment to the media, the Guardian reports. In the pictures, Harry witnesses the beheading of a live goat during Christmas celebrations and films the event... More »

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Afghanistan • The Sun • Prince Harry • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • Britain • British royals • American press • British press

We Were Hunting Harry: Taliban

Militants after 'important chicken'

Mar 3, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Taliban militants knew Britain's Prince Harry was deployed with his infantry unit in Afghanistan and were plotting to kidnap or kill him, one of their leaders tells Newsweek. Deputy Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Karim claims he learned of the presence of "an important chicken" as long ago as December,... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Prince Harry • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • Ministry of Defence • Helmand province • Mullah Abdul Karim • Cornet Wales

Harry's Dad 'Enormously Proud'

But Prince Charles also 'frustrated' over early return

Mar 1, 08 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Prince Charles welcomed Harry home from Afghanistan today, telling the media he was “enormously proud” of his son. “It’s obviously a great relief to see him home in one piece,” he said, adding that he now understood what service families endure. But he also was frustrated... More »

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Afghanistan • Prince William • Prince Charles • Prince Harry • Drudge Report • British royals

Media Leak Ends Harry's Afghan Mission

Army planning emergency exit
for soldier prince

Feb 29, 08 5:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Britain's defense ministry is setting up emergency plans to withdraw Prince Harry from his battalion in Afghanistan after yesterday's news leak that he had been stationed there. He has completed 10 weeks of what was supposed to be a four-month tour of duty in Helmand Province, reports the Times of... More »

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Afghanistan • media • Prince Harry • Drudge Report • British military • British royals • Helmand province

Clintonites Deny Pushing Photo

Obama camp says 'fear-mongering' comes from rival

Feb 25, 08 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's campaign denies circulating a 2006 photo of Barack Obama wearing traditional African clothing and a turban, even as the Obama campaign blames its rival, calling the incident “shameful, offensive fear-mongering,” the Chicago Tribune reports. The Drudge Report ran the image this morning, saying it had been... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Islam • Africa • Drudge Report • drug use • smear campaign

Clinton Loses Right-Wing Media Allies

As senator looks to
her left, conservative bedfellows are bailing

Feb 16, 08 7:51 AM CST
(Newser) - The conservative press, once a surprising ally for Hillary Clinton, is turning out to be about as loyal as the Democratic senator should have expected, Politico writes. Though long reviled by the far-right masses, Clinton once had the carefully cultivated respect of some rightish media players like Rupert Murdoch and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • media • John Edwards • Rupert Murdoch • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • New York Post • centrist • right-wing media • David Brooks • Iraq war

Pragmatic Clinton Cozies Up to Drudge  

Dem frontrunner keeps her friends close, onetime enemy closer

Oct 22, 07 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Political gossip purveyor Matt Drudge is traditionally a friend to Republicans and an enemy to Clintons, but the media-savvy Democratic frontrunner has found a way into the good graces of the unpredictable man who made his name peddling Lewinsky scoops. The Times looks at a coup that reflects Drudge's considerable... More »

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Mitt Romney • Hillary Clinton • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • Monica Lewinsky

Drudge Reports, Candidates Cower

Salon explores the web-based underbelly of the '08 campaign

May 14, 07 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - What do a $400 haircut, a hawkish rendition of a Beach Boys tune, and a decade-old donation to Planned Parenthood have in common? They're all results of an "opposition research game" that's pitting presidential campaign teams against each other in a contest to leak dirt to blogs and news... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • presidential campaign • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • blog • Election 2008

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