Drudge Manifesto

by Matt Drudge, Julia Drudge, Matt; Phillips, Matt Drudge

Book Overview

From the first source for the hottest news stories...From the first reporter ever to be sued by the White House...From the first word in the future of journalism...Comes the first book by Matt Drudge... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451201507
• ISBN13: 9780451201508
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Drudge always comes through.

Perfect Book. Great read.

Drudge & Philips tell it like they see it

In a world where people are afraid to speak out against the big journalistic machine, it is refreshing to read a book that puts it all on the line. I couldn't put it down. It is an easy (but thought provoking) read. If you have halfabrain you won't want to miss this edgy manifesto co-written by Hollywood legend Julia Philips.

A Modern-day Hero

Drudge is a modern-day hero, and here is his manifesto. It sparks with energy, a fast and exciting read. Be there with him and his cat as he pulls the trigger on the Lewinsky controversy. Smirk as the old media compliment him in person even as they fear and revile him in their official capacity. Cheer as he gets his own radio show and a third of a billion hits a year on his website. He comes off in the book like a wired Jack Kerouac, his road the information superhighway. As you read you'll be surprised at how many things he got right, things that people tried to refute after he published them but were ultimately proven true.As Kenneth Fearing wrote as long ago as 1956, "Inside the electronic world, the screening and control of public messages occurs at the many checkpoints previously noted, and there is little need for the blunt intervention of archaic censorship (though no doubt it is sometimes exercised, without any audience learning, or much caring, that it has taken place). But most of the control is automatic. Instead of blue-penciling passages suspect of sinister intent it is easier to cancel the commentator or executive sub-editor who tends to be careless about the by-laws governing free speech. New and younger editors invariably function better; they have no illegal information, no haunting memories to forget." Four decades later Drudge used the internet to break the media stranglehold. He'd like Fearing's poetry and novels (for example, The Big Clock) of communications cartels and corporate conspiracies. Fearing would appreciate the little guy who busted the big combos.The Drudge that emerges here is reminiscent of the classical Cynics: detached from his past, an exile from all political and civic communities, preferring to live alone with few possessions, yet involved in the daily affairs of the people as busybody, as meddler, asking the embarrassing questions, upsetting the status quo, invalidating the moral and social currency, acting as social pest and examiner, believing freedom of speech is the most beautiful thing in the world. He is our Diogenes, looking for an honest man with a CRT rather than a lantern. Buy the book, get a piece of history.

Wow!!

Matt's book should be required reading for every high school political science class; but, it never will be. Terrific insight into the motivational factors behind U.S. politics and this year's election. This is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the press and what it chooses to report.

Finally, courage and integrity wins over corruption and bias

Not since SpinCycle has a more honest viewpoint on politics and media been given and with punch to boot. His number one source of credibility is the vengence which bias and corrupt critics attack him. What are they so afraid of that they can't deal with him in a open minded and professional way? I found out what they were afraid of in the Manifesto. (The web page is not working correctly, I am 22 years old.