Comments on: Story behind Drudge’s Prince Harry ‘exclusive’

By: CBS3Philly

CBS3Philly — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:53:18 +0000

There was no reason not to honor the British request for silence. What would have been the benefit of reporting the storu EXCEPT to make the Prince and is unit specific targets. This is also nothing new - everytime a high ranking US official goes to Iraq the American media keep it a secret. There was no news value in reporting that the Prince was there.

By: blackcloud

blackcloud — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:48:27 +0000

The Drudge Report far outscores most news Web sites when it comes to usability.

It loads quickly, basically consists of one page, and has lots of links. No art department clutter.

So people just click on it to see what’s new on it, then either click something interesting or go on to their next regular site.

RSS readers require knack and know-how.

By: Greg P.

Greg P. — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:36:44 +0000

Drudge is the dredges of journalism. If you want an example of how low the standards of journalism have become, just go to Drudges site.

He epitomizes the state of tabloid journalism.

By: discreet_chaos

discreet_chaos — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:28:12 +0000

Cee - I’m not jealous of Matt Drudge. It’s that he uses a circa-1996 design to simply serve headlines from other news sources and I get the same thing from a good RSS reader, my.nytimes, my.yahoo or I could get most of the same links from a regular blog and that entry would have commentary, plus a place to comment.

By: cee

cee — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:44:02 +0000

It never amazes me the jealously and venom people have towards Drudge. He has revolutionized internet news single handily. Anyone who has an issue with him is just being jealous or silly.

Drudge is KING.

By: Tom Grunick

Tom Grunick — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:15:13 +0000

Well, Harry came home. He came home on two feet. Meanwhile, while I was watching the “Breaking News” banner plastered on the screen of NBC’s “Today” on Friday which was due to Harry’s homecoming, I could not help but think more about a local soldier who also came home. However, he came home in a coffin. He died as the result of injuries sustained in a roadside bomb in Iraq.

Of the two venues for the war on terror, do many other Americans believe that it is Iraq that is the deadlier of the two countries in which the war is being fought? Then again, it doesn’t matter; they’re both strife with danger.

Last I checked, Harry is not an American citizen. Why wasn’t the “Today Show” airing a “Breaking News” banner of, “Townspeople come out in droves to support dead soldier?”

Come on, we could have Meredith chatting it up with the locals on how the price of gasoline, which is going to be used by scores of cars in the funeral procession, and which is close to $3.30 a gallon. We could include a “Green” segment hosted by Natalie on how there might be waste from using headlights during the day as vehicles commute to and from the funeral. We could have Matt introduce a bit on the tradition of the 21-gun salute. Al could give the weather, and who knows, maybe he could host a segment during the third and fourth hour on how to cook certain meals for large groups of people in mourning. “Avoid red meat,” the bubbly faux meteorologist might say.

Isn’t this the same Harry who was seen in a Nazi uniform? Am I wrong, but didn’t Harry say, “I don’t like England.” What, the London fog or the papparazi? Yes, his mum died due in some regards to being hounded by that dreaded papparazi, so is this a “make good” on the part of the press?

By: oakling

oakling — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:17:42 +0000

I’m not surprised that nobody noticed until it was on Drudge. I suspect that most of the people who would care aren’t reading German newspapers….

By: Media Glutton

Media Glutton — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:03:54 +0000

I didn’t know Prince had 2 go 2 Afghanistan!

By: kelly

kelly — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:42:04 +0000

I didn’t know Prince Harry had to go to afghanistan. Is this really true?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:44:34 +0000

PS: You might get more traffic to the circuit if you had a feed of recent topics running down the side of the LR homepage.

By: tdc

tdc — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:05:38 +0000

if our president, vp and sec. of state still need to fly into iraq under the cover of darkness (and a self-imposed news blackout) maybe the press ought to get off its horse and start telling the public what is really going on over there.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:46:03 +0000

Why shouldn’t the “forth estate” show some restraint. Harry obviously wanted to serve his country and there is really no news value to this. The new media decide what to feature and ignore every day. The purpose of the forth estate is not to be the fifth column.

By: Rico Suave

Rico Suave — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:19:48 +0000

Now if the Bush girls were calling in airstrikes on Taliban strongholds…. nah, forget it.

By: Tom Planchet

Tom Planchet — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:03:33 +0000

I think there are news stories that need to be reported for their news value and those that are reported for sensationalism. Though it is a slippery slope, I don’t have a problem with news outlets withholding the prince’s front line duty. Is it really of ‘news’ value? Or just something to grab headlines?

News outlets often make decisions for safety or other reasons like not publishing the names of rape victims or giving out certain addresses when not neccesary.

There was nothing, in my opinion, to be lost by not ‘outing’ the prince.

By: Dr Hackenbush

Dr Hackenbush — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:38:31 +0000

How long, one wonders, before it’s revealed that Harry was never actually there? I smell a ‘Capricorn One’ conspiracy.