ABSTRACT
The Drudge Report began as a simple World Wide Web page on the Internet. Its initial focus was on entertainment industry reporting, and that focus has remained an important element in Matt Drudge's work. The case study of the Drudge Report clearly shows that the Internet has had an impact on the nature of free expression. Drudge has raised concerns about mainstream mass media because his use of Internet technology has, in effect, short-circuited traditional power bases. The role of the Internet in the Clinton scandal seemed to hit a high point at the end of September 1998, when the president's videotaped testimony was released both on the broadcast airwaves and on the Internet. The chapter concluded with thoughts about how Drudge's use of the Internet fostered a political climate that made release of the Starr Report and President Clinton's videotaped grand jury testimony possible.
