
The AllSides editorial team noted that the Drudge Report often uses sensational stories or language in its headlines and the stories it chooses to feature. citizen, a hoax about a former prostitute who claimed her son was fathered by Bill Clinton, and a false statement that an undocumented immigrant started the October 2017 Northern California wildfires. The Drudge Report has been criticized heavily in the past for running stories that were hoaxes, poorly sourced, or unfactual, including a conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was not a U.S.

The fact that the Drudge Report appears left of center is merely a reflection of the overall bias of the media." Criticism About The Drudge Report's Media Bias "Very little was based on the stories that Matt Drudge himself wrote.


"One thing people should keep in mind is that our data for the Drudge Report was based almost entirely on the articles that the Drudge Report lists on other Websites," said study author Tim Groseclose, the study's lead author, formerly faculty at UCLA and currently Adam Smith Chair at George Mason University's Mercatus Center.
