News shark ‘disrupted like a nuclear bomb’
It’s been almost two decades since Drudge crashed the news scene and turned the Old Media on its head – causing many mainstream newshounds to sneer at the thought of an amateur with wild instinct and an unpretentious news website threatening their media empire.Drudge, occasionally dressed in only his underwear, rocked the news world from a small Hollywood apartment accompanied only by his black stray feline, aptly named \”Cat.\”
Mainstream Media gatekeepers have groaned and scoffed at the mere mention of his name, even calling him the \”devil of journalism incarnate.\” Once dubbed the \”country’s reigning mischief-maker\” by the New York Times and \”Sludge\” by former President Bill Clinton, Drudge scours the Web for intriguing stories and breaking news to post on the Drudge Report, the mega-hit website he launched in 1995.
Drudge captured worldwide attention in 1998 when he broke the news of former President Bill Clinton’s sexual affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. While Newsweek had the Lewinsky scoop first, the magazine spiked the story. Drudge, working from the apartment he once called \”the most dangerous newsroom in America,\” bucked the big journalistic machine and blasted the affair into national headlines.
\”The Drudge vibe defined the time,\” recalled Scott Baker, editor of the Blaze.
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