Friday, October 26, 2007
The Art of Drudge
In the latest issue of National Journal magazine, William Powers has an interesting column on one of the Internet's most popular news-breakers and noisemakers -- Matt Drudge. Here are a few snippets:
So it's official: The media kingpin of the 2008 presidential election is Matt Drudge. The New York Times ran a front-page story several days ago that was effectively a coronation. The headline said it all: "As Drudge Stays on Top of Game, Clinton Finds Way to Play Along."'
Simply put, when it comes to pure linking, the man has got a great nose for news -- news of all kinds. He is a master of what bloggers sometimes call the "curatorial" art, the selection of stories by other news outlets, and the way the links to those stories are written, arranged, and rotated on the page.
It's a talent that the online versions of newspapers lack. The websites of The New York Times and The Washington Post are widely trafficked and trustworthy, but they don't have the magnetism, the gotta-see-it-now quality that a brilliant curator can bring to a website.
Read the full story here.
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