Kudos to Beato for dredging this up. I wonder how he came across these legal docs. Also had no idea the amount of influence Drudge had on the cable news.
The whole payment for linkage deal just goes to show what a wild west new media is. It's dirty, but because it's happening online, where the rules are being rewritten all the time, it's not as egregious as say, running paid content and calling it editorial. Though it's close. #andrewbreitbart
@jackbarber: I suspect the thing is, DC politics is the realm of the profoundly unhip, middle-aged pundit class. (See: Slate.)
Drudge is stale as can be- amazing how an AOL account and a scoop on the Lewinsky thing can be parlayed into a fortune. DC insiders are incredibly conformist creatures of habit and the herd. It's rather clinical, this continued lavishing of praise on Drudge- who does no reporting of his own.
He repackages and cuts and pastes things to give it the most Republican slant possible. I forget who said, "DC is wired for Republicans", but that's never been more true in the past year.
The DC media loves to criticize every single thing Obama has said done, thought, wore, ate, relentlessly and every single day. The truly monstrous things that Bush got away with, some serious scandal, matters of war, life and death things, as well as the fiscal catastrophe he wrought- well, they're just good little Village soldiers. And Drudge is their mayor.
Tragic figure? Drudge chose whatever sad life he made for himself, and his career as ankle-biting GOP shill doesn't inspire much sympathy here. A closeted gay man activally abetting the party stomping on gay rights is something I find contemptible, actually. #andrewbreitbart
@jackbarber: That's been pretty much my refrain to every "Drudge is so important post", I've encountered.
I'd venture that right now, the overwhelming majority of those who read him are just a handful of bloggers, those who were lectured during recent terms in j-school, right-wing opinion makers and a few people from non-thinking media. Otherwise, I'd say that his "influence" is the knee-jerk way reporters and anchor list him, whenever somebody asks about websites.
Though, you do have to give him (them) credit, if they've convinced Reuters to pay for worthless traffic. #andrewbreitbart
@Baroness: re. Drudge I guess I'm a little less judgmental, at least immediately so. I think he might feel regret, and certainly some self-loathing. Life is long(ish) and I'll be interested to see where he comes out in the end. #andrewbreitbart
Disagree on Perez and Arrington, but the rest sound pretty dead-on to me. Still, the Dark Lord will not be pleased.
Perez's personality is the key to the site and the key to the media coverage: he's kind of like JT Leroy, except (alas) he actually exists. There's gotta be some money in that. His sister and whatever wankbloggers he can sucker into posting for him are worth money precisely and only because people can mistake their work for his. No Perez, no brand, no popularity. Authenticity, even or especially outrageous, offensive authenticity, is what the audience is responding to.
Arrington is sort of a found comedy object among the geekerati, but otherwise not key to the success of his site.
Moral: despotism pays. And Huffington and Denton should never shake hands, or the universe will explode.
I wonder if Drudge joined the right-wing chorus of disapproval when Ted Koppel decided to read off the names of all the American soldiers who had fallen in Iraq at the time of that broadcast.
That's right, liberals and other homosexuals! The WORLD has just declared Obama to be World #1 Muslin Nazi Tanned Communist of the Universe.
We are the World
We are the Children
We are the Ones Who Make a Better Day
So Lets Start Tea-bagging
Today the world. Tomorrow your secret alien overlords from the planet Zaltron in the Qui'qurk galaxy! Then my son Jay-Jay will descend from Heaven on his flying Tyrannosaurus and defeat B.HUSSEIN OBAMA on Festivus night. Be afraid, liberals! Your fetuses will be liberated. Er, only the white ones. The black ones might one day want to become President.
@saythatscool: I am too old for all this shameless rock and roll disco business. That kid needs to pull up his pants! And too much happiness triggers my IBS. Besides I am not too fond of Mexico.
Chicago needs much more important things than a silly sport tourney where people throw discs and jump with sticks and whatnot. Too bad Obams wasted all that time and fuel.
11/05/09
11/05/09
The whole payment for linkage deal just goes to show what a wild west new media is. It's dirty, but because it's happening online, where the rules are being rewritten all the time, it's not as egregious as say, running paid content and calling it editorial. Though it's close. #andrewbreitbart
11/05/09
This is interesting too. why no page views? #andrewbreitbart
11/05/09
Deserves more page views.
(On which basis I assume Greg Beato is getting paid!) #andrewbreitbart
11/05/09
I cannot fathom why Drudge commands such fealty that he's the one the media mob look to for their cues. It's deeply strange herd behavior, I suppose.
Breitbart is just pure cretin, though. Glad you wrote this, fine work. #andrewbreitbart
11/05/09
He still gets traffic but I don't think it's influencer traffic in the same way it used to be.
I'm not saying I'm an influencer (or gold-digger) but I do know influencers. And I don't think people go there anymore.
Am I wrong?
And I agree that Breitbart is a simple villain. Drudge a more tragic figure. #andrewbreitbart
11/05/09
Drudge is stale as can be- amazing how an AOL account and a scoop on the Lewinsky thing can be parlayed into a fortune. DC insiders are incredibly conformist creatures of habit and the herd. It's rather clinical, this continued lavishing of praise on Drudge- who does no reporting of his own.
He repackages and cuts and pastes things to give it the most Republican slant possible. I forget who said, "DC is wired for Republicans", but that's never been more true in the past year.
The DC media loves to criticize every single thing Obama has said done, thought, wore, ate, relentlessly and every single day. The truly monstrous things that Bush got away with, some serious scandal, matters of war, life and death things, as well as the fiscal catastrophe he wrought- well, they're just good little Village soldiers. And Drudge is their mayor.
Tragic figure? Drudge chose whatever sad life he made for himself, and his career as ankle-biting GOP shill doesn't inspire much sympathy here. A closeted gay man activally abetting the party stomping on gay rights is something I find contemptible, actually. #andrewbreitbart
11/05/09
I'd venture that right now, the overwhelming majority of those who read him are just a handful of bloggers, those who were lectured during recent terms in j-school, right-wing opinion makers and a few people from non-thinking media. Otherwise, I'd say that his "influence" is the knee-jerk way reporters and anchor list him, whenever somebody asks about websites.
Though, you do have to give him (them) credit, if they've convinced Reuters to pay for worthless traffic. #andrewbreitbart
11/06/09
11/05/09
Now, who pulls the strings at Reuters, and who are their friends? #andrewbreitbart
11/05/09
10/13/09
Perez's personality is the key to the site and the key to the media coverage: he's kind of like JT Leroy, except (alas) he actually exists. There's gotta be some money in that. His sister and whatever wankbloggers he can sucker into posting for him are worth money precisely and only because people can mistake their work for his. No Perez, no brand, no popularity. Authenticity, even or especially outrageous, offensive authenticity, is what the audience is responding to.
Arrington is sort of a found comedy object among the geekerati, but otherwise not key to the success of his site.
Moral: despotism pays. And Huffington and Denton should never shake hands, or the universe will explode.
10/13/09
10/13/09
10/13/09
10/13/09
Around these parts the opening bid is $120 for the best bits.
10/13/09
10/06/09
10/02/09
We are the World
We are the Children
We are the Ones Who Make a Better Day
So Lets Start Tea-bagging
Today the world. Tomorrow your secret alien overlords from the planet Zaltron in the Qui'qurk galaxy! Then my son Jay-Jay will descend from Heaven on his flying Tyrannosaurus and defeat B.HUSSEIN OBAMA on Festivus night. Be afraid, liberals! Your fetuses will be liberated. Er, only the white ones. The black ones might one day want to become President.
10/02/09
10/02/09
10/02/09
Couldn't you have sent Liza Minnelli a clue?
10/02/09
10/02/09
10/02/09
Obama + Michelle x Oprah= Zero
10/02/09
So -Obama = Michelle x Oprah
But
Obama = AntiChrist
Therefore
-AntiChrist = Michelle x Oprah = Christ!
Is this right?