Drudge Report

The Drudge Report is a plain-text Web site that collects and links to news articles from around the world. The entire site is rendered in basic HTML and contains little to no formatting. Every now and then a particular link might be deemed important enough for italics, all caps, or in rare instances the color red.

Despite the fact that the site generates almost no content of its own, it's an important force in the news world. An otherwise obscure article given prime location on the Drudge Report can set the dialog for the day's news and force other, more typical news outlets to pay attention. For some, the Drudge Report is an independent and brutally honest news powerhouse shining light on subjects that the mainstream news media won't touch. For others, it's a reactionary trumpet for conservative radicalism that selectively prunes the truth so that its readers get exactly what they want to hear. As always, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.