The Drudge Report (stylized in all caps as DRUDGE REPORT) is a left-leaning[4] U.S.-based news aggregation website founded by Matt Drudge,[5] and run with the help of Charles Hurt[2] and Daniel Halper.[6] The site prior to the 2020 US presidential election was generally regarded as a conservative[7][8][9] publication, but its ownership and political leanings have been questioned following business model changes in mid-to-late 2019.[10] The site consists mainly of links to news stories from other outlets about politics, entertainment, and current events; it also has links to many columnists.
The Drudge Report originated in 1995 as a weekly subscriber-based email dispatch.[3] It was the first news source to break the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal to the public, after Newsweek decided to "kill the story".[11]
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