Pot (Gawker) Calls Kettle (Drudge Report) Black

In a post last night, Gawker’s Alex Pareene called out Matt Drudge’s newsbreaking ability. “He ‘broke’ the Monica Lewinsky thing, sort of,” the site’s day editor wrote, then stating how Drudge used this presumably ill-gotten influence and “for nearly 10 years his Web site drove news narratives and pushed stories to the forefront.”

Funny, you know what other site capitalizes on sort of breaking news? Gawker.

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