Isikoff: Drudge is ‘much less of a factor than he was five years ago.’

In their book, The Way To Win, Mark Halperin and John Harris praised right-wing internet gossip Matt Drudge’s influence on the media, saying, “Matt Drudge rules our world.” But yesterday, Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff — whose Monica Lewinsky reporting was famously leaked to Drudge — declared at “Q & A Café” that Drudge is “is much less of a factor than he was five years ago.” “I think he has lost a little bit of his edge,” said Isikoff.