15 Years Ago Today: Drudge at the National Press Club...

◼ Matt Drudge: Speech to the National Press Club on Media and the Internet (Webmaster's note: This is well worth the time it takes to watch the whole thing.)

◼ Transcript

◼ NEWS SHARK 'DISRUPTED LIKE A NUCLEAR BOMB' - WND

It’s been almost two decades since Drudge crashed the news scene and turned the Old Media on its head – causing many mainstream newshounds to sneer at the thought of an amateur with wild instinct and an unpretentious news website threatening their media empire.

Drudge, occasionally dressed in only his underwear, rocked the news world from a small Hollywood apartment accompanied only by his black stray feline, aptly named “Cat.”