--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > > The one I linked to is pretty nice, huh? > > > > Wonder why they used a different one? > > > > > > I don't think Drudge likes her, so he used the most unflattering > one. > > > > She's really a very attractive woman. > > > > > I actually find her quite attractive myself. > > > > > > > She's also > > wonderfully vivacious and extremely articulate in > > the interviews I've seen. > > > > Other than the press conference of the other day, I haven't seen her > interviewed. From what I've read, I think her politics are the most > horrible and most destructive. > > By the way, concerning Drudge's choice of photos. Certainly, he > cherry-picked a most unattractive one purposely, I'll agree to > that. But, of course, he did it on purpose and he would probably be > the first to admit it. > > I remember seeing him interviewed by Brian Lamb on C-SPAN a few > years ago when he was taking callers. One caller complained to him > that he thought his coverage of Israel was extremely biased. > > Drudge's response? It was short and I think it summed up the power > that the internet holds for the individual. He replied: "If you > don't like it, start your own website." > > Of course, Drudge was just literally one guy -- himself -- sitting > in his appartment and was a news junkie. He started a website where > all he pretty much did was post links to stories that interested him > and he put on "scoops" that people sent him or that he fished out on > the internet. Not being a major news outlet he wasn't subject to > the usual verification rules or other rules of journalism so he put > alot of rumors -- many unsubstantiated and, it would turn out later, > wrong -- that major news outlets could never put out or would wait > until they got better confirmation before they would put out. > > As the story goes, that's why Drudge got the Lewinsky story before > anybody 'cause Newsweek had it, was going to go with it, but was > waiting for more verification. Drudge had the luxury of not having > to wait, so he went with it and the rest is history. > > They say that, today, most journalists and newsrooms in America are > ALL linked to Drudge and that his website is the #1 place where > jouranlists go to first for news. > > Quite powerful for one individual...and it's pretty much still a one- > man operation as I understand it (Maybe he's got one employee or > something like that). >
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