The Drudge Report, in all fairness has broken some credible stories in it's day. Now however that day has passed us by long ago. His latest article claiming that Bush's surge has dramatically cut U.S. troop fatalities is hogwash at best. When you glance at the all-powerful link where Matt Drudge found his 'fact' concerning the numbers, it is easy to dismiss it as garbage.
From Attytood:
"Any legitimate news that U.S. troop deaths are sharply down, in a way that is statistically significant, would be welcomed with open arms by all," says Will Bunch, a senior Philadelphia Daily News writer, at his blog Attytood.
"Matt Drudge is running what purports to be just such a story on the top left of his incredibly influentual Web site right now as I write this," Bunch continues. "The headline reads: 'Baghdad security crackdown seriously curbs killings of US soldiers...'"
He invites readers to check the source of Drudge's link. "The article is not from a credible, independent media outlet," he continues, "but from the Kuwait News Agency (or KUNA). Kuwait is still America's biggest ally in the Gulf (for obvious reasons) and so the source of the story is a huge tell here."
The statistics are not even close to being credible. KUNA is obviously an extension of our own government's propraganda and as Will Bunch said, ""If Matt Drudge really rules their world it's time for a revolution."
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