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| | Matt Drudge |
 | | Matt Drudge was a C- and D-student in high school, then worked a steady succession of unsteady low-pay jobs. |
 | | In 1997, Drudge reported that "...one influential Republican, who demanded anonymity, [told] the Drudge Report that court records existed showing that then-White House aide Sidney Blumenthal had committed violent acts against his wife." As with many of Drudge's scoops, it was untrue, and despite a retraction and apology, Blumenthal sued. |
 | | Of the 31 remaining Drudge "exclusives", 11 (36%) were true, 10 (32%) were demonstrably false and/or never happened, and the accuracy or inaccuracy of the remaining 10 items (32%) was impossible to verify. |
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