“I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.” – Bill Clinton

Without doubt, the Lewinsky Scandal was one of the most controversial as well as discussed scandals in recent U.S. political history. But how did such a private matter become public?

Obviously Miss Lewinsky had an urge to talk about her affair with a married man, so she told to one Miss Linda Tripp about it without saying who this married man was. Miss Tripp showed great interest in the matter, even more so once she found out who exactly Miss Lewinsky’s affair was, and as we all know now he was the best man that happened to America between the warmongering Bushes. Miss Tripp, who since then gained an infamous high profile tried to leak the story to widely respected political magazine Newsweek, although the magazine’s editors decided NOT to report on the story due to the enormous impact the revealing of the story would have, thus forsaking one of the biggest stories of the decade. But eventually the affair went public. Driving force behind the revealing was Mr. Matt Drudge, an independent journalist,  who got word of the story and wasted no time to create his website, the Drudge Report to tell this very sensational story, which consequently led to Bill Clintons very famous TV appearance first rejecting those allegations, but eventually, equally famous, coming clean and telling the world that he indeed did have an inappropriate affair.

Since then Mr. Drudge’s website, which is simple in style and layout, but features catchy headlines and images as well as multiple updates a day, has been hugely popular among political interested citizens. Mr. Drudge is set to push the limits of what can be reported to new levels, as he is interested in reporting the truth, no matter what. He disproved allegations of being a biased conservative journalist with by featuring reports about GOP’s presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s recent affair. Matt Drudge is one of the most influential persons in citizen journalism today as well as living proof that one man can make a tremendous difference in a nation’s political process. In addition to that it is no secret that Mr. Drudge is opinionated in his reporting, as he is in charge of what he uploads on his website and what he doesn’t.

To add a little correction, to the apart from this little flaw, excellent presentation of Mr. Berson and Mr. Stillman (I am so very sorry Adam and Martin), the Drudge Report includes advertisement on the website. Actually it is very eye-catching right on top of the site as well as a couple of ads if one scrolls down the site. But that is just a minor error and I don’t think this influences your performance review, at least I sincerely hope so.

FYI, the popularity of the Drudge Report can be seen in these statistics (Source: intermarkets.net):

Traffic statistics

•             13.3 million monthly unique visitors

•             1.9 million daily unique visitors (weekday)

•             1 million daily unique visitors (weekend day)

•             797 million monthly page views

•             2.6 billion monthly ad impressions