Editors at Issues and Insights praise alternatives to the Drudge Report.
The unmistakable decline of the once mighty Drudge Report into a cesspool of liberal links had led to endless speculation about the reasons. Did Matt Drudge sell the site? Did he get co-opted? Did he just lose interest?
But the demise of Drudge also opened the market to other aggregator sitesat least one of which is a big improvement over the original.
Drudge’s appeal wasn’t just the unchanging Internet 1.0 designor the fact that he linked to conservative news outlets. It was that he managed to uncover news that the corporate media ignoredoften simply by linking to coverage by localand often more honestnews stories. The site’s editors had a keen eye for quirkyoffbeat stories. It was the go-to placethe first stop of the dayfor anyone who wanted to know what story was buzzing.
But in the wake of President Donald Trump’s 2016 victorythe site started to morph into something unrecognizableand almost entirely useless. …
… It’s little wonder Drudge’s traffic has fallen off the table.
The good news is that Drudge’s demise has allowed a number of other aggregator sites to bloom.
Liberty DailyDiscern ReportWhatfngerOff the PressCitizen Free Press are all doing what Drudge used to do – highlighting news and views that the corrupt corporate media want to ignorehelping new voices find an audienceand making themselves indispensable. …
… But we find ourselves increasingly drawn to Citizen Free Presswhich has taken Drudge to the next level and is almost entirely a long list of links.
Like the Drudge of oldits operator is something of a mystery. Unlike Drudge and the other aggregator sitesit carries no ads.
The site doeshoweverhave an engaging mix of links to news and commentary from a wide range of sourceslinks to X posts and YouTube videosand an uncanny ability to find stories that are genuinely amusing.
