FOR DECADES, THIS IS ONE OF THE
MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES IN
CONSERVATIVE JOURNALISM AND IS
SUBTITLED DRUDGE REPORT BROKE
NEWS AND SET PRIORITIES AND
DIGITAL MEDIA.
THAT MADE WOOING THE FAMOUSLY
SECRETIVE DRUDGE A HIGH PRIORITY
ON FOR SEVERAL OF THEM INCLUDING
DONALD TRUMP, IT PAID OFF BIG.
IT'S 180 DEGREES.
THAT HAS BEGUN TO FILL THE VOID
HE HAS LEFT.
BUT THE QUESTION REMAINS, WHAT
HAPPENED TO MATT DRUDGE?
IT'S A VERY INTERESTING STORY
AND TONIGHT WE ARE JOINED BY ONE
OF THE FEW PEOPLE WHO MAY BE
ABLE TO SELL IT.
HE JOINS US TONIGHT.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING ON.
YOU HAVE DONE WHAT REPORTERS
TALKED ABOUT FOR 20 YEARS OF
DOING WHICH IS THE RIGHT TO
DEFEND THE BIOGRAPHY OF MATT
DRUDGE.
YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO AT
LEAST GUESS, WHY HAS HE CHANGED
SO DRAMATICALLY?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE HAVE
IS THEY TRY LOOKING AT HIM IN A
POLITICAL SPHERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THIS GREAT PART OF
MY BOOK WHERE IN 2008, ANDREW
BREITBART, AND THAT IS COVERAGE.
TERRIBLE FOR THE COUNTRY BUT, TO
THE LARGER EXTENT, MATT WAS
RIGHT BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK OF A
MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE
WHO DID BETTER UNDER THE OBAMA
THEN THAT DROUGHT.
HIS NET WEALTH HAS BEEN
ESTIMATED AT OVER $100 MILLION.
SO I HEAR ALL THIS CHATTER ABOUT
WHY MATT HAS HIS POLITICAL
STANCE AND I THINK IT'S MORE
ABOUT HIS BOTTOM LINE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE.
AND HOWEVER THIS SITUATION WORKS
OUT IS DEBATABLE.
>> Tucker: YES.
IT'S A
