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Andrew Breitbart: How Shirley Sherrod's Tormentor Eclipsed Former Mentor Matt Drudge

By Paul WachterJul 22nd 2010 – 8:32AM

(July 22) -- As the Shirley Sherrod scandal continues to play out, the man who started it, right-wing media entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart, has yet to apologize. He now maintains that the edited footage he showed on his site, BigGovernment, was meant to expose the racism of those in the audience who applauded Sherrod when...

Shirley Sherrod Backlash: Glenn Beck Joins Chorus Calling for Her Re-Hiring

By Paul WachterJul 21st 2010 – 7:21AM

(July 21) -- Shirley Sherrod, the black Agriculture Department official who was forced to resign after allegedly damning but incomplete footage surfaced of a speech she gave at an NAACP conference, suddenly has allies on both ends of the political spectrum. The NAACP, which had initially issued a statement denouncing...

Matt Drudge News From the Web

  • 05/11/12 Drudge Drops Link After Gawker Questions His Sexuality Source: The Politicker - The New York Observer Aggregator extraordinaire Matt Drudge briefly linked to Gawker's story that alleged ABC's Robin Roberts "wasn't enthusiastic" about landing her big gay marriage interview with President Obama because she was worried it would call attention to the "near-open secret that Roberts is a lesbian" this afternoon and the site took the opportunity to taunt him with an update.
  • 05/02/12 There Are No More Indispensible Political News or... Source: Right Wing News "The graveyards are full of people the world could not do without."
  • 04/30/12 District Line Daily: HTJ And His Exotic Shoes, Matt... Source: City Desk - Washington City Paper - Washington DC A morning roundup of news, opinion, and links from Washington City Paper and around the District.
  • 04/27/12 The Special Relationship Between Matt Drudge and the... Source: City Desk - Washington City Paper - Washington DC Salon has a piece up about how conservative Internet superhero Matt Drudge has been responsible for nearly half of the Washington Times' web traffic over the last year.
  • 04/26/12 Joe Biden Gets Drudge Love And Laughs For 'Big Stick'... Source: Towle Road Conservative aggregator Matt Drudge abandoned panic and sensation for a moment today and instead went with double entendre when linking to video of Vice President Joe Biden saying President Obama has a "big stick" and will be aggressive in negotiations with Iran. Drudge can't be blamed for partaking in some puerile humor.

Background on Matt Drudge

Matthew Nathan "Matt" Drudge (born October 27, 1966) is the American creator and editor of the Drudge Report, a news aggregation website that also breaks major news stories.

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