In a recent New York Times article, "Clinton Finds Way to Play Along With Drudge" the impact of alternative media on the 2008 presidential campaign is evident. The article takes an in depth look at what extremes candidates are wiling to go to in order to get positive articles posted on this extremely popular site. According to Nielsen/NetRatings the Drudge Report has clocked 3 million visitors in the course of one month. The site was founded by conservative Matt Drudge ten years ago and gained popularity during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. I believe that national politics today are closer to professional wrestling than democracy. Large news sources such as CNN, Fox News, and the BBC are all biased in their own ways. The public has come to realize this and the popularity of alternative sources has begun to rise. The Drudge report was a good example of alternative media, or at least it was before the politicians started getting all buddy buddy with Drudge. This does not overly concern me because the great thing about today's alternative media sources is that for ever one that gets so popular it's creators become corrupted there are alwasy millions of other sources that are ready to step in its place.
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