Despite allegations Matt Drudge sold his news aggregator site “The Drudge Report,” the founder of the site’s leading competitor insisted that Drudge “has not sold his website” and “is still running the site.”
The founder of the competitor site, “Kane” from Citizen Free Press, gave a world exclusive interview to The National Pulse describing the methodology, ideology, and growth behind his chart-topping site.
During the interview, Kane revealed he believes “Matt Drudge has not sold his website” and “can confirm Matt Drudge is still running that site.”
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He described how Drudge is “still involved” with the Drudge Report, a theory Kane alleges was confirmed by Drudge himself:
Kane reminded listeners that Drudge, while he may have supported President Trump, was “never an out-and-out conservative” but rather a libertarian”:
“He obviously was in Trump’s corner, and he’s no longer there,” he added.
.@CitizenFreePres: Matt Drudge is a libertarian, he was never a conservative pic.twitter.com/BRuRUSS5NC
— The National Pulse (@TheNatPulse) September 11, 2020
Kane posited that his anti-Trump shift – which has led to over a 50 percent decrease in sight traffic since his 2016 peak – could be attributed to Drudge’s proximity to the mainstream media: