Is the Drudge Report becoming irrelevant?

For years, Drudge was the must-read web site for anyone interested in politics. Conservatives and liberals visited the site every day to get the latest political buzz.

It’s still a huge web site with significant influence, but does it really set the media agenda like it did before?

With the Sarah Palin story, we’re seeing how sites like The Huffington Post and liberal blogs like TPM and Daily Kos are driving the story, while Drudge is ignoring it. It’s amazing how issues like Sarah Palin’s connection to the Alaskan Independence Party doesn’t get a link on Drudge.

We may have finally reached the moment where Drudge jumped the shark. Of course, the site won’t go away and it will be a top political site for years to come, but readers now have options, and liberals will no longer make Drudge their first stop. They will likely go there as a third or fourth choice to see how a story is playing with conservatives, but they will already have most of the news for the day by the time they get there. I always check Huffington before I check Drudge.