Matt Drudge Slams Mainstream Media

Conservative media entrepreneur Matt Drudge gave a very rare public interview on Tuesday in which he lashed out at Hillary Clinton, mainstream media and the uniformity of American culture in the digital age.

Matt Drudge

In a rambling, wide-ranging discussion with Radio host Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist, Drudge admonished "the sickness of the American people," who he said were forfeiting individual thought and becoming slaves to Internet companies.

Blind to the realities of the current political situation, Drudge said voters were now likely to install "Hillary's brain in the Oval Office in a jar."

CNN reports the founder of the Drudge Report also called Clinton "old and sick," and blamed the media for covering up stories about extramarital affairs.

"Why aren't we seeing Hillary's lovers?" Drudge asked Jones. "Why aren't we seeing Hillary's lovers?"

The nearly 45-minute rant oscillated wildly between familiar critiques of the establishment and paranoid conspiracy theories with little basis in reality.


Drudge has wielded immense influence over American political media for two decades. In 1995, he launched The Drudge Report, a simple webpage that aggregates the day's news under sensational headlines, often fueling conservatives' worst fears about the left, the media and, at times, the decline of American civilization.

But Drudge's influence goes beyond that: Politico, which recently named Drudge one of the top 50 most influential figures in American politics, notes that Drudge "helps to write the narrative" of each presidential campaign -- which is why his critiques and conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton are so notable.