Senate Comittee Warns Staff Not To Read Drudge Lest They Contract A Virus

Senator James Inhofe, R-Okla, believes a recent warning to staffers to avoid visiting Matt Drudge’s The Drudge Report is simply a ploy to dissuade people from reading it. In an email, the Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works warned members of staff to avoid the website due to a possible embedded virus.

Said Inhofe:

I suspect somebody was trying to make it look as if there’s a virus there to discourage people from using Drudge. Then, somehow, I guess someone in the Capitol got a hold of it and said, yes, we are advising you not to use it.

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