the dge report does move the needle on what things what things people are talking about there were staffs of reporters at certain Publications whose job description was pretty much get drudge links and when they did they'd get a bottle of bourbon as a reward or some kind of gift from their editor the model of journalism right now is trying to figure itself out it is Shifting um but clicks still do matter there's no better way to get a lot of eyeballs on your story then to get something like a drudge link