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Article: Drudge to weave Web report on Fox News Cable channel says Internet journalist's weekly show will be held to same standard as its other programs
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 27, 1998
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Matt Drudge, who runs a gossipy Web site on politics and the
media, has been hired by Fox News Channel to be the host of a weekly
television show.
Moving to television may force Drudge to change his
much-criticized reporting style.
Fox will try to make sure what Drudge puts on the air is factual,
said Chet Collier, senior vice president of Fox News Channel.
"It will be the same standard that we apply to the rest of the
channel," he said Thursday. "We don't let anybody go off without
the facts."
The Drudge Report Web site summarizes news from a variety of