Internet journalist Matt Drudge, famed for his renegade reporting and rumor-mongering, was not universally admired by the official "media establishment". In 1998, Drudge addressed one of the profession's most august bodies -- and was pleasantly surprised by his warm reception. "Applause for Matt Drudge in Washington, at the Press Club," he remarked. "Now there's a scandal!"
["You look at these tanned, blow-dried gym bunnies like Brian Williams, NBC's next anchor—all they do is read off a teleprompter, and no one has a problem calling them journalists," Drudge remarked on another occasion. "In the end I really don't care what I'm called, as long as it's not 'blogger.'?]
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