Transcript Matt Drudge and Monicagate

Matt Drudge
and
Monicagate
Katy Blair
History of Journalism
A Gossip Legend is Born..
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Born October 27, 1966
Takoma Park, Maryland
Only child in Jewish family
Father a social worker
Mother a lawyer (Clinton
White House)
Graduated high school 325th
out of 350 students
Loved talk radio, “news
junkie”
A Man of Many Jobs
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Night counterman at
7/11
Phone salesman for
Time Life books
Manager at
McDonald’s
Cashier at CBS station
gift shop
The Drudge Report
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Gossip overheard in gift shop
Created email newsletter
1995
Started as gossip and
opinion on entertainment,
went to politics
From email newsletter to
Website
80,000 viewers daily
“Wherever the stink is, we’ll try
to zero in on it.”
Monicagate Breaks
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Newsweek had story first
Michael Isikoff
investigates, holds off
Email to Drudge (Isikoff?)
Story goes straight to
Report on Jan 17, 1998
First outlet to release story
Clinton and Lewinsky Exposed
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiIP_KD
QmXs
Got the Ball Rolling…
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Clinton under heat
 Impeachment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnpGRg5Q4E
Drudge Gets Props
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Lewinsky’s infamous dress
Hailed as a
revolutionary media
outlet
“A breath of fresh,
young air.”
Gossip Acknowledged
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Hosted “Drudge” on
Fox News Channel
1998-1999
Sunday night talk
show on Premiere
Radio Network
Drudge Manifesto
Criticized, BUT…
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Libel lawsuits, gossip
mongering, false
scoops
Time’s 100 Most
Influential in 2006
Where Gossip Leads
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Website from Miami
home
Talk show still on air
10 pm – 1 am
Works Cited
A Chronology: Key Moments In The Clinton-Lewinsky Saga. Retrieved on May 6, 2007 from
www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/resources/lewinsky/timeline/
Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky Scandal. Retrieved on May 6, 2007 from
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnpGRg-5Q4E
Clinton, “I did not…” Retrieved on May 6, 2007 from
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiIP_KDQmXs
Matt Drudge. Retrieved on May 6, 2007 from
www.nndb.com/people/079/000026001/
News Talk Radio 77WABC. Retrieved on May 6, 2007 from
www.wabcradio.com/showdj.asp?DJID=1734
Premiere Radio Network: Drudge. Retrieved on May 6, 2007 from
www.premiereradio.com/shows/view/drudge.html
Who2 Biography. Retrieved on May 6, 2007 from
www.answers.com/topic/matt-drudge