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August 31, 2015
Drudge is an aggregator, not a news source, but he has an amazing sense of collage.
Andy Warhol, who came out of a working-class immigrant factory family in Pittsburgh, adored the tabloids and reproduced their front pages in big acrylic paintings. The tabloids were always the voice of the people. I admire the mix on Drudge of all types of news stories, high and low. The reason that nobody has been able to imitate Drudge is because he’s an auteur, stamping the page with his own unique sensibility and instincts. It must be exhausting, because he must constantly filter world news on a daily basis. He’s simply an aggregator, not a news source, but he has an amazing sense of collage. The page is fluid and always in motion, and Drudge is full of jokes and mischief. -- Camille Paglia Interview
Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 31, 2015 10:10 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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To each his own interpretation of Drudge's popularity. I peruse Drudge second, right after my chosen RSS feeds, because it's uncluttered, broad scope, and uncategorized (mainly). Takes me to subject areas I maight not have been inclined to look up, and enables me to do it quickly. I notice Drudge's playful arrangement of headlines and such, but that's not why I look at it.
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at August 31, 2015 2:23 PM
Same here Bill.
Simple, straight forward, lacking in overt bullshit.
Most other sites are littered with stuff I have no use for.
I like my info streamlined, low friction, high output.
Posted by: ghostsniper at August 31, 2015 5:51 PM
Matt Drudge keeps his thoughts, feelings, opinions to himself.
I believe he is an honest man.
We can read a little between the lines but for the most part we are on our own.
When we click on a link it's up to us to believe it or not, to agree or not.
I don't like being manipulated, much less controlled.
Sometimes the absurdity of the linked story is obvious; Drudge does have a sense of humor.
Posted by: chasmatic at August 31, 2015 8:04 PM
I read Drudge Report several times on most days.
The automatic refreshing is a pain, though.
Matt could at least get rid of that, people know to refresh their browsers now. It isn't the '90's anymore.
Posted by: Speller at September 1, 2015 12:24 PM
If y'all think this is just about Matt Drudge, you need to go back and read the link.
Camille Paglia, radical lesbian feminist progressive, regularly displays and expresses more common sense than any current "Conservative" writer or public figure. Take a gander at her take on the effects of Donald Trump, her dismissal of "atheists" as adolescents, and her lifelong scorn of snark and childish "humor." Her take on David Letterman, as an example, has long been "that smirking ass." And so much for Jon Stewart.
Posted by: Rob De Witt at September 1, 2015 12:49 PM
Drudge is a genius. And I miss his flashing red/blue emergency light.
Posted by: Fontessa at September 1, 2015 1:41 PM
@Rob:
(about trump)
"He’s not a president, of course. He’s not remotely a president. He has no political skills of any kind."
That's just what the US needs right now, another asswipe with "political skills".
Paglia is just like almost everybody else out there - retarded.
I instantly realized this first time I encountered her almost 20 years ago.
Posted by: ghostsniper at September 1, 2015 6:03 PM