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Gallery
Stalinesque Government Bans Drudge
Joy Tiz
©2010
Using a range of restrictive measures and methods, the authorities have continued to shrink the space for independent journalism
-Christopher Walker, Freedom House
Walker was referring to the tactics of the Kremlin, rather than the US Senate, although any confusion is entirely understandable as the Senate has now ordered employees to stay away from the Drudge Report:
“SENATE WARNS EMPLOYEES TO AVOID THE DRUDGE REPORT
Tue Mar 09 2010 08:53:37 ET
Just as the healthcare drama in the capitol reaches a grand finale, congressional officials are warning employees to avoid the DRUDGE REPORT!
The Senate's Committee on Environment and Public Works issued an urgent email late Monday claiming the DRUDGE REPORT is 'responsible for the many viruses popping up throughout the Senate.'
The committee ordered hill staff: 'Try to avoid' the DRUDGE REPORT 'for now'.
On Monday DRUDGE served over 29 million pages with NOT ONE email complaint received about 'pop ups', or the site serving 'viruses'.
The site was seen 149,967 times since March 1st from users at senate.gov and 244,347 times at house.gov. [10,825 visits from the White House, eop.gov]
The Systems Administrator may want to continue taking her antibiotic until the prescription runs out.
Developing...”