UPDATE
A few notes:
> Most of the reports that the Drudge Report headlines are from mainstream media outlets -- Associated Press, New York Times, Bloomberg, etc. -- although there are a number of reports from scientific journals.
> Most of the headlines relate to hard news reports, although there are links to editorials and opinion pieces relating to the pandemic that have gotten attention among mainstream commentators in the USA.
> The wording of the headline links often reflects the Drudge staff's view of the report/editorial, which is why I felt compelled to add a note to the headline about the experiment in human sacrifices in Georgia. That is obviously Drudge's view of Georgia's decision to suspend lockdowns in an attempt to keep business going in the state.
> Because Drudge is an American website, and because the U.S. is a big part of the global pandemic, many of the headline links relate to a report on situations in the U.S. But if you glance through all the headlines on the page, you'll see that Drudge doesn't ignore any country if the staff considers the news important to the large picture of the pandemic.
> From all the above, Drudge's politics play a small to nonexistent role in the choice of pandemic headlines, which could be why President Trump recently got mad at Matt Drudge, who had supported Trump in his run for the presidency. But what did Trump and his officials expect Drudge to do? Sit on every report about the pandemic that the White House didn't like? If that was their expectation, they have been solely disappointed. Where is my Kleenex box?
END UPDATE
The best that Drudge (or any other media outlet) can do is provide on a daily basis a snapshot of the vast scope of the pandemic; in this effort, Matt Drudge and his staff deserve a medal.
The following headline links are from the top left of the page at Drudge; most of the other links at the page also relate to the pandemic, including these three that Drudge couldn't squeeze into the top left:
Other top left links:
World on knife edge as cases spike and cities shut down AGAIN after lockdowns lifted...
Officials Press Spies to Link Virus and Wuhan Labs...
Florida jobless claims rise by 326,000, most of any state...
New hotspots in small cities, rural counties...
US Records 2,502 Deaths In Past 24 Hours...
TOTAL 61,568...
Miscalculation at Every Level Left Nation Unequipped to Fight...
MAG: Georgia's Experiment in Human Sacrifice... [The Atlantic's look at keeping Georgia open for business, dispensing with lockdowns]
HORROR: Dozens of bodies found in U-HAUL trucks outside NYC funeral home...
70% of tested inmates in federal prisons infected...
Food-Plant Workers Clash With Employers...
Beef prices record high...
Mortgage Rates Record Low...
Worst auto sales in 30 years...
Painkillers, sedatives in short supply...
WORLD SICK MAP...
AMERICA SICK MAP...
Here are the headline links, in big letters, at the top middle of the page:
NEW HOTSPOTS USA
MODEL: 100,000 DEAD BY END OF SUMMER
INTEL: VIRUS NOT MANMADE
DC SHUT UNTIL AUGUST?
BEEF SHORTAGES ALARM WHITE HOUSE
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