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The decline of Drudge?

Wednesday, 16th September 2009

Do journalists still pay attention to him? The NY Observer believes his moment has come and gone. Gawker, though, argues that he's still in a class of his own as an "engine of right-wing paranoia", and the Telegraph's tech expert Shane Richmond insists it's too early to write the obituaries:

For his audience, Drudge is a kind of search engine but one that has already answered their question. It’s a simple idea, executed brilliantly.

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