http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/matt_drudge This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Matt Drudge en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200811040016 Media critics have recently postulated that while Matt Drudge may have once set the media's agenda, his influence has waned and his efforts to inject himself in the media's coverage of the presidential election have largely fallen flat. This election season, Drudge has posted a long series of items that were false on their face or turned out to be false, making the strong case that, if his influence is not in fact waning, it should be. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811040016 Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:12:56 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807010003 The Drudge Report and the <em>National Review's</em> Rich Lowry falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama didn't vote to condemn MoveOn.org's 2007 newspaper advertisement critical of Gen. David Petraeus. In fact, Obama did vote for an amendment by Sen. Barbara Boxer that condemned the ad, as well as other attacks on past and present members of the armed forces, as the <em>USA Today</em> blog post to which the Drudge Report linked points out. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807010003 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 14:29:03 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805120002 The Drudge Report ran the headline "West Virginia country folk keep distance from Obama: 'I heard he's a Muslim ...' " in linking to a <em>Financial Times </em>article. The article quoted a West Virginia resident stating, "I heard Obama is a Muslim and his wife's an atheist." But Obama is, in fact, not a Muslim. While the article characterized the rumors of Obama's religion as "unfounded," it did so 12 paragraphs after quoting the "I heard he's a Muslim" assertion and did not report that the Obamas are both Christians. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805120002 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:35:17 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802110007 While discussing the news that Sen. Hillary Clinton had replaced her campaign manager, MSNBC's Contessa Brewer asked Kathleen Kennedy Townsend: "[T]he Drudge Report has a headline that reads, quote, 'Adi&oacute;s: Clinton's Top Latina Sidelined.' Are you concerned at all about the way Hispanic voters might interpret this shakeup heading into Texas?" Neither the Drudge Report nor MSNBC offered any reason why Solis Doyle's replacement as campaign manager might have anything to do with her being Latina or any reason why Latino voters might react in any way to the staff change. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802110007 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:03:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801220010 A January 22 headline on the Drudge Report baselessly suggested that the children's psychiatric unit at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center closed because Sen. Hillary Clinton was "neglecting" New York. The <em>Buffalo News</em> article that the headline linked to contained no mention of Clinton; rather, it reported that hospital officials attributed the closure to problems surrounding the way Medicaid is administered by Niagara County. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801220010 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:53:13 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710060001 Several media outlets -- following the lead of Internet gossip Matt Drudge -- have presented Obama's comments on not wearing an American flag pin as a recent decision made by the candidate, and not an explanation of something he chose to do several years ago. CNN, ABC, and Fox News have reported on the "controversy," providing a platform for several conservatives to attack Obama's patriotism. As NBC News' Chuck Todd put it, "this was the media getting a classic case of the Drudges." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200710060001 Fri, 5 Oct 2007 20:01:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710040003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200710040003 Wed, 3 Oct 2007 21:29:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709290001 The Drudge Report and ABCNews.com both highlighted an Associated Press article that cited an NBC/<em>Wall Street Journal</em> poll that, the article said, "found that fully one-quarter of all Americans said that the prospect of having at least 24 straight years of a President Clinton or Bush would be a consideration in their vote for president in 2008." But the AP left out the data on other responses to the question -- that a majority of respondents, 54 percent, said it would "not be a consideration at all." Nor did the AP report that the poll also found that 42 percent of respondents "feel positive" that former President Bill Clinton is Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-NY) husband, while only 28 percent "feel negative" about it. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709290001 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:09:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709180016 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709180016 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:37:57 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708280014 Linking to a <em>New York Post</em> article, whose headline asserted, "Hill Eyes National Cig Curb," Matt Drudge wrote "Hillary Supports National Smoking Ban." In fact, as the <em>Post</em> article noted, "Asked whether the feds should impose a nationwide ban, Clinton deferred to local governments." http://mediamatters.org/items/200708280014 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:35:26 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707240007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707240007 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:36:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705260002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705260002 Fri, 25 May 2007 20:13:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705010001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705010001 Tue, 1 May 2007 12:25:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704130012 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704130012 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:05:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704100023 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704100023 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:31:53 EST