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Drudge Hitting Santorum Hard Over Old 'Satan' Speech

John Johnson — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:12:02 CST

Rick Santorum's two biggest problems today appear to be Satan and Matt Drudge. The latter is using his influential Drudge Report to highlight a 2008 speech Santorum gave in which he warned about Satan having his "sights on" the US, reports Politico . "Drudge is making Santorum look like the scary...

Now I Know How Palin Feels: Ex- Post Blogger

Kevin Spak — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:15:00 CDT

When he got the call asking him to comment on yet more emails he had written—this time bashing Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich—David Weigel knew he was screwed. The Washington Post blogger had already apologized for leaked emails in which he said Matt Drudge ought to light himself...

Post Blogger Resigns After Matt Drudge Flap

Kevin Spak — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:53:01 CDT

Washington Post blogger David Weigel resigned today after some too-candid off-the-record comments he made about conservatives showed up on the FishbowlDC blog, reports Politico . He had issued an apology to readers earlier. It all began when Weigel, frustrated with the hate mail he was getting after an unflattering link posted...

10 More Celebs Who Really Need to Come Out

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:29:48 CDT

Ricky Martin finally came out, and the world said, “Duh.” On Gawker , Brian Moylan lists 10 more public figures who really need to admit they’re gay already—after all, the rest of us know. View the list in the gallery—or, for 10 more celebrities who also came out to...

Hillary Clinton: I Can't Stay 8 Years

John Johnson — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:52:42 CST

If President Obama wins a second term, he's going to need a new secretary of state. In an interview with Tavis Smiley of PBS that aired last night, Clinton said she "really can't" see herself staying eight years. "The whole eight—that would be very challenging. It's a 24-7 job...

ACORN Video Sting a Lesson in New Journalism

John Johnson — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:50:42 CDT

Andrew Breitbart may have an ideological ax to grind, but so what? The undercover ACORN videos he's posted illustrate a significant strength of 21st-century American journalism, writes Jack Shafer: "It will accept contributions from everybody from amateurs to entertainers (I'm looking at you, Jon Stewart) to gadflies to billionaires to...

Drudge's Play of Bus Beating Draws Critics

John Johnson — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:24:28 CDT

A fight on a school bus in Illinois is generating lots of attention across the country. A videotape of the incident shows black teens beating a white classmate while some onlookers cheer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Police are investigating but have backed off an initial statement that the attack...

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

Kevin Spak — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58:07 CDT

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. “That’s...

Drudge Goes Underground

John Johnson — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:05:44 CDT

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 portable," said a...