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Drudge Keeps It Classy by Gay-Baiting Napolitano

By | 01.08.10 | 8:51 am

The Drudge Report just sent out a siren to inform readers that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants to see under your clothes. And from the juxtaposition of the accompanying photos, it appears the right-leaning Website wants to suggest that she’s particularly interested in looking under the clothes of other More…

Chicago Eliminated From 2016 Olympic Field

By | 10.02.09 | 11:47 am

Just about every news organization out there is reporting that Chicago has been eliminated in the first round of voting as a possible host for the 2016 Olympic Games, despite President Obama’s high-profile lobbying effort to bring the games to his hometown. Drudge, of course, is touting More…

Far-Right Site Gains Influence in Obama Era

By | 09.04.09 | 6:00 am

On April 12, the conservative Website WorldNetDaily published an expose on newly appointed White House “green czar” Van Jones that labeled the environmental activists a “an admitted radical communist and black nationalist leader.”

Based on readily available online sources, including an More…

Politico Wingnut Bait?

By | 06.10.09 | 12:13 pm

This is curious: twice in two weeks Politico has given rather sensational headlines to stories, then changed them later in the day. The original headline for Mike Allen’s preview of the president’s Cairo speech, which has been preserved in a syndicated version:

Obama walks Muslim minefield

The headline that More…

Drudge Headlines Week-Old Anti-Obama News

By | 10.24.08 | 3:50 pm

How desperate is The Drudge Report for articles that might hurt Sen. Barack Obama?