Drudge Manifesto: Worst Book I Ever Read (actual title!)

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

By Frederick Meekins
May 14, 2005

Matt Drudge will be remembered for the role he played in popularizing the revolution brought about by the advent of Internet news. However, when it comes to the world of publishing, he better not quit his day job.

As one of the pioneers of a new form of mass communication, one would expect Drudge Manifesto to be an insightful tome as to his medium’s possibilities and strategies on how others might replicate his success. However, on this count Drudge Manifesto falls as short as the New York Times in fulfilling its civic obligation of supplying useful information.

The reader comes away from Drudge Manifesto with the impression that Mr. Drudge is an individual --- not unlike his nemesis Bill Clinton --- too aware of his own place in history. The extent of Drudge’s own self-awareness is to such a radical degree that it has led him to use a number of McCluhanesque literary devices bordering on the bizarre and that, ultimately, detract from the text.

For example, there are a number of pages scattered throughout the work filled with nothing but oversized “0”’s or a “1”s. On another is nothing but a single declaration in smaller-than-average size type in the center of the page reading “You’re boring”.

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http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=459

(Mods, I felt this might work here in that it's the 1st review I've seen on the book, if not, please accept my apologies and do whatever's appropriate. Thanks!)

[MattNC]

1. i bought it for $2

it's awful. cutting and pasting a large number of AOL conversations doesn't exactly make great penmanship.

[Technowitch]

2. It's fine

The 'Editorials & Other Articles' forum is the right place for this, as it falls under the '& other articles' part. ;)

Thanks for posting, Tom!

-Technowitch
E&OA DU Moderator

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

3. A proper place! I bow to a JMS fan!

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