Two decades ago, visionary Matt Drudge launched the mega-hit website the Drudge Report (Photo: Twitter)
WND EXCLUSIVE
MEET THE 1 MAN WHO TOUCHED OFF A MEDIA REVOLUTION
'Scrappy symbol of free speech, independence and bootstrap journalism'
Chelsea Schilling
The year was 1997. Princess Diana of Wales would meet a tragic and untimely death in a Paris car crash.
Madeline Albright had just become the first female secretary of state.
Boxing legend Mike Tyson would be suspended for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear during a match.
A civil-jury panel would find O.J. Simpson liable in the double-slaying of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
Matt Drudge
And a ceaselessly savvy news shark would disrupt the news industry like a nuclear bomb.
It was a busy year. But few developments had a more profound effect on the next two decades in America than one that took place on Feb. 14, 1997.
That was the day visionary Matt Drudge crashed the news scene and turned the Old Media on its head – causing many mainstream newshounds to sneer at the thought of an amateur with wild instinct and an unpretentious news website threatening their media empire.
Today, visionary Matt Drudge celebrates the 20th anniversary of his launch of the mega-hit website the Drudge Report.
Drudge, occasionally dressed in just his underwear, rocked the news world from a small Hollywood apartment accompanied only by his black stray feline, aptly named “Cat.”
Mainstream Media gatekeepers have groaned and scoffed at the mere mention of his name, even calling him the “devil of journalism incarnate.” Once dubbed the “country’s reigning mischief-maker” by the New York Times and “Sludge” by former President Bill Clinton, Drudge scours the Web for intriguing stories and breaking news to feature on the Drudge Report.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2017/02/meet-the-1-man-who-touched-off-a-media-revolution/#AcYErgW9uJYvwEoG.99
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