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Article: The Dirt on Matt Drudge; One-Man Gossip Mill Lures Web Browsers Coast to Coast
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 19, 1997
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He's a one-man media machine, an obsessive gossip who
cheerfully pleads guilty to occasional unethical behavior.
He's a 30-year-old Takoma Park native whose last job was
managing the CBS gift shop in Studio City, Calif.
He describes his gig this way: "I don't have an editor. I can
write whatever I want and 50,000-plus readers will see it within an
hour."
Matt Drudge would be possible only in the age of Web-surfing.
From a cluttered apartment near Hollywood and Vine, he cranks out a
World Wide Web site called the Drudge Report (www.drudgereport.com),
a strange brew of media, political and show biz tidbits that has
drawn all kinds of fans in high places.
"I'm just an old-fashioned ...