The '''Drudge Report''' has been an online source for more than a decade of news censored or downplayed by the [[MSM|mainstream media]]. However, the Drudge Report has become anti-[[Donald Trump]] and the backlash has caused alternatives to spring up and [[Matt Drudge]]'s website is bleeding traffic (the [[conservative]] and [[right-wing]] alternatives to the Drudge Report are NewsAmmo, Rantingly, Liberty Daily, WhatFinger and the [[Dan Bongino|Bongino]] Report. See: [[Drudge Report alternativessalternatives]]).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5HpiE1ZTuE Anti-Trump Turncoat Drudge BLEEDS Viewers as New Pro-Trump Sites SURGE!!!]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fans-so-mad-at-matt-drudge-theyre-trying-to-make-a-conservative-alternative-to-his-site Trump Fans Are So Mad at Matt Drudge They’re Trying to Make a MAGA Rival to His ‘Left-Wing’ Site]</ref><ref>[https://bonginoreport.com/ Bongino Report]</ref><ref>[https://bongino.com/introducing-the-bongino-report/ Introducing the Bongino Report]</ref> It also features news from Hollywood about box office receipts and the happenings of stars and starlets. It is named after its founder, Matt Drudge.
The Drudge Report played an instrumental role in breaking the story about President [[Bill Clinton]]'s relationship with [[Monica Lewinsky]] after ''[[The Washington Post]]'' refused to publish the story in 1997. This posting on the internet of this story by the Drudge Report led to the impeachment of President Clinton. The Drudge Report thereby played an important historical role in establishing the political power of the internet.