International Law

The Telegraph floats the idea that Matt Drudge is the world's most powerful journalist:

Ten years ago, he was a reclusive, pasty-faced 31-year-old who, bashing away on his laptop in his grungy Hollywood apartment, shot to prominence when he threatened to bring down Bill Clinton's presidency by breaking news of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Now, Matt Drudge owns a luxurious Mediterranean-style stucco house     on Rivo Alto Island in Florida's Biscayne Bay, a condominium at     the Four Seasons in Miami and is said to drive a black Mustang. He     remains an elusive, mysterious figure but the internet pioneer is     arguably the single most powerful journalist ? though his detractors     even deny that is his occupation - in the world.

Drudge is still an outsider, contemptuous of the cosy     relationships and closed-door deals that keep the ordinary person     from being privy to the secrets of the Establishment. He is the     reason why people across the globe are now reading about Prince     Harry serving in Afghanistan after he shattered a blackout  agreed     between Fleet Street and Buckingham Palace.    

This week, he posted a photograph of Barack Obama dressed in the     tribal garb of a Somali elder during a 2006 trip to Africa, claiming     it had been emailed by a member of Hillary Clinton's campaign.     It appeared to be a brazen attempt to fuel rumours that her rival     was a dangerous Muslim.    

Within minutes, the photograph was the talk of Washington news     rooms and New York television studios. BlackBerry messages flew back     and forth between reporters and political operatives. The story     spread across the worldwide web as bloggers weighed in on a juicy     item that was suddenly topping the news agenda.    

Welcome to the world of the Drudge Report. A world in which the     successor to Walter Cronkite and Bob Woodward is a loner with no     university education or journalistic background. He is now     surreptitiously courted by the media and political elites that once     derided him but now fear he has the power to change the course of an     American election.

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