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    Who is Matt Drudge?

    Who is Matt Drudge of North Hollywood--and why is President Clinton's White House so worried about him? An internet columnist is creating a furor. Does the first amendment protect the web? Where do mainstream reporters get their information?

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    By Warren Olney • Dec 4, 1997 • 1 min read

    MANUEL KLAUSNER: Attorney representing Matt Drudge DAVID CORN : Washington Editor of The Nation JOSEPH FARAH: Executive director of Western Journalism Center and editor of worldnetdaily.com ANDREW HEARST: A freelance journalist, former editor of Electronic Newstand online, with two years experience at the Columbia Journalism Review. He recently wrote an article on the Drudge lawsuit for the Columbia Journalism Review. DAN FARBER: Vice President and editor-in-chief of ZDNet, a leading online provider of content on computing and the internet, and a board member of the Internet Content Coalition. STEVEN BALKAN: Executive Director of the Recreational Software Advisory Council, an independent nonprofit organization founded in 1994 which provides an objective content labeling self-rating system for the internet. STEVE GEIMAN: Immediate Past President of the Society of Professional Journalists and Chair of its Ethics Committee. He is also Senior Editor of Communications Daily, a trade publication covering the communications industry and the internet. MARC LACTER: Editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal.

    topic: SINGLETON BUYS THE DAILY NEWS

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

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