Drudging respect

In 50 years, the coveted Drudge Prizes | Marvin Olasky

As the Clinton scandal watch warmed up again in late summer, reporters seeking scoops once more flocked to the Web site of Matt Drudge, the intrepid Internetter who back in January forced polite publications to make Monica Lewinsky a household name. Newsweek reported on July 27 that "everyone in Washington" looks to Mr. Drudge for information-yet at the same time, journalists are publicly attacking his Web site and new Fox News show for contributing to a decline of media standards.

Whiners, welcome to journalism history 101. Matt Drudge is doing what some of the most esteemed names in American press lore-Benjamin Harris, John Peter Zenger, Samuel Adams, Horace Greeley, Joseph Pulitzer, and others-did to arouse their communities, make themselves famous, and (in some cases) uphold God's standards of conduct.

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