How many here read Drudge, and, if you answer aye, WHY?

[MoonRiver]

There are so many threads here relating to Drudge reports that I seriously wonder why so many DU'ers are getting their 'news' from this source.

Now this is my first poll so if it's a little goofy be kind, please!

[corporatewhore]

1. I dont read Drudge but i occasionally pop into townhall.com when i need a

good chuckle

[YouMustBeKiddingMe]

2. I never read Drudge because it's unsubstantiated bullshit.

[Cheswick2.0]

3. I don't read Drudge but I do read Slate

:) Even though Slate is not much more than a gossip blog sometimes.

[uconnyc]

4. I never read Drudge because...

because I have a million other things to read.

[eyesroll]

5. I read Drudge because it's full of unsubstantiated crap and spin?

I get most of my news from here, though...

[BOHICA06]

6. He gives you a 24 to 48 hour lead into...

where the news cycle is headed. And he ain't often wrong.

[Nicholas_J]

27. Drudge has frequently been wrong

And often his stories have died a quiet death, like the reports of Bush having raped a woman during October of the 2000 campaign.With links to a court case in Texas in whihc Bush is named as the party being sued for 49 million dollars and the case being settled for an undisclosed sum out of court. Never, ever made the national media. If you look at Drudge daily, and then see how many of his stories actually make the natinal media, or are given any credence in the national media, you find that his accuracy approaches zero, in most cases.

[POed_Ex_Repub]

7. I read it, if only because sometimes it breaks a story earlier

Than other sources (especially non-political related stories). Of course I always keep in mind that Drudge is only a semi-reliable source that scoops others by relying on unconfirmed stories and rumors (if you believed all his headlines, we'd have found WMD's like 5 times by now) He also picks out some obscure/funny news that you don't catch in mainstream press.

My personal favorite Drudge headline was when he called O'really on a claim that he'd sold more books than Hillary. Drudge brought out evidence that she more than doubled O'really's sales. When confronted with the evidence O'really called Drudge "un-American". Just kind of made me smile. :)

[Mz Pip]

8. I read it

It's a "Know thy enemy" kind of thing.

Besides I get the pop-ups that let me vote on Newsmax crap, like Do you support Rush? Those are always fun.

MzPip
:dem;

[Fleshdancer]

9. I tend to read Drudge

most of the time his stories have credible links. I refuse to believe any story though that doesn't come from a reputable news source...even when it's about a politician I don't plan to vote for in the primary race.

When the stories aren't political and obviously biased, they tend to be interesting and diverse in subject manner.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. why do you read Drudge?

It wastes his server time.

And that's a good thing.

[MoonRiver]

14. No, but I'm beginning to wonder if I'm missing out on something!

Check out this poll's results! I also like the idea of DUing those rightwing polls on Drudge.

[LTR]

11. The same reason we all watch car wrecks

I read it, but I am trying to ween myself toward Yahoo! News for my daily digest.

Too bad they don't have any stories about cannibalism and two-headed babies, by way of MyWay.com.

[Kahuna]

12. I've only recently been checking drudge out. Just..

to find out the wingnut lies and spin.

[West Coast Democrat]

13. I've read it only because DUers have posted stories with links

to Drudge's site. And I very rarely follow those links, because Drudge is not news.

[maddezmom]

15. I read it when linked

but think drudge is a slime working hand and hand with the RNC.

[LSdemocrat]

16. I read it, but take it with a grain of salt

Sometimes he has legitimate stories before other news outlets, but you have to keep in mind that a lot of his stories are spun so far that they become laughable.

[goobergunch]

17. Other

I check it:

(1) Election Days for exit polling
(2) When there's a story on it that I find out about somewhere else (like here).

[IndianaGreen]

18. I read Drudge because he always gets a story posted in DU

How many threads we have seen in the last 3 years that are based on stories about Drudge and Free Republic?

[arewethereyet]

19. sure, why not ?

its just the internet, not intended to be real but it IS kind of fun.

I get to see some fairly wild stuff here too.

I keep salt next to the keyboard.

[boilermakers]

20. Drudge

It's obviously biased, but he's willing to attack either side from time to time. It's often first, and always interesting.

[MrSlayer]

21. He's a pissant.

Fuck that douche.

[Crunchy Frog]

22. I said never

but I occasionally click on a link to a Drudge story from here on DU.

[woodstockjimi]

23. WHAT ABOUT NEWSMAX? IS IT CREDITABLE?

WHAT ABOUT NEWSMAX? IS IT CREDITABLE?

[MoonRiver]

24. Not in my book.

Welcome to DU woodstockjimi! :hi:

[woodstockjimi]

25. THANKS

[Columbia]

26. Welcome Woodstock

And try to unstick that CAPSLOCK key for the sake of us guys who already have bad eyesight. :)