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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-17-04 07:57 PM
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Drudge is not a news source.
that is all.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-17-04 08:01 PM
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1. Thank you for that Public Service Announcement
;-)

You have to wonder about DUers who actually present the Drudge Report to back up their claims.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-17-04 08:01 PM
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2. i wonder a lot about that
it makes me sad and pissed at the same time.
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tritsofme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-17-04 08:02 PM
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3. But "news" sources
pick up on his "world exclusives" and present them as fact.

That's the real problem.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-17-04 08:04 PM
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4. well, we dont need to spread them here
with all the stress we already have the added shit from drudge really doesnt help.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-17-04 08:08 PM
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7. He Doesn't Do Any Original Reporting...
He's really Walter Winchell in drag...


His claim to fame is breaking the Lewinsky story but he poached it from Newsweek while they were still vetting it...
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sonicx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-17-04 08:04 PM
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5. FOX and CNN disagree unfortunately
:(
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-17-04 08:05 PM
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6. well they aren't news sources either
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