Matt Drudge
| Matt Drudge | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Matthew Nathan Drudge October 28, 1966 Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S. |
| Occupation | Internet news editor |
| Notable credit(s) | Reporting political scandals, creating the Drudge Report |
Matthew Nathan "Matt" Drudge (born October 28, 1966) is an American political commentator and the creator and editor of the Drudge Report, a news aggregator. Drudge has also written a book and hosted a radio show and a television show.
Matthew Drudge was raised in Takoma Park, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. His parents are Reform Jewish Democrats who both worked for the federal government, and he is their only child. His father, Robert Drudge, a former social worker who owns the reference site refdesk.com, and his mother, a former staff attorney for U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, divorced when he was six. Drudge went to live with his mother. He had few friends and was an avid news reader and radio talk show fan. In his book Drudge Manifesto, Drudge says that he "failed his Bar Mitzvah", and graduated 341st out of a class of 355 from Northwood High School in 1984, giving himself, in his words, a "more than adequate curriculum vitae for a post at 7-Eleven".
In the 1980s, Drudge worked as a telemarketer for Time-Life Books.
Drudge was unknown before he began the news aggregation site, the Drudge Report. For many years, he took odd jobs such as night counterman at a 7-Eleven convenience store, telemarketer for Time-Life books, McDonald's manager, and sales assistant at a New York City grocery store. In 1989, he moved to Los Angeles, where he took up residence in a small Hollywood apartment. He took a job in the gift shop of CBS studios, eventually working his way up to manager. Here, he was apparently privy to some inside gossip, part of the inspiration for founding the Drudge Report. Worried about his son’s aimlessness, Drudge's father insisted on buying him a Packard Bell computer in 1994. The Drudge Report began as e-Mail notes sent out to a few friends.
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