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 The American people are "sick" and "willing to be made over in the image of corporations," Matt Drudge said in a rare interview with InfoWars' Alex Jones published Tuesday evening. Not only that, but the powers that be could "put Hillary Clinton’s brain in a jar in the Oval Office and she would be elected." 
 
 The media needs to wake up and do its job before that happens, he said. 
 
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 "If your calling is media, fine, if your calling is sports, whatever it is, but you've got to be the greatest you can be now, now, before this country is so completely altered and we're left with Hillary's brain in the Oval Office in a jar, 'cause that's what we're getting," Drudge said. 
 
 At the start of the segment, Jones said Drudge had surprised the Austin, Texas-based show with his appearance but only his voice is present throughout the 46-minute video, standing behind the camera holding a microphone. Drudge tore into Clinton at parts of the interview, calling her "old" and "sick" and only a contender because the media are making her so. 
 
 "They're making her a contender with these propped-up 'Saturday Night Live' things. It's like a head on a stick," he said. "She is not a viable, vibrant leader for this country of 300-including the illegals-380 million Americans. So the media is trying to put us asleep. You're not letting them, Alex." 
 
 Drudge also decried a "cover-up" on "seeing Hillary's lovers" and a variety of "so many issues that are suppressed on a daily basis." 
 
 “Where I’ve had a lot of success is I’m getting people from both sides of the aisle. They’ve always said, ‘Oh, he’s a right-wing gossip monger,’ mainly because of Lewinsky and those years–which, by the way, are back," he said. 
 
 On the Democratic candidacy of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who turned 74 in September, Drudge wondered aloud if Democrats could "find anybody under the age of 70." 
 
 "What is this oldness in a vibrant country that needs to go forward to a new century?" he asked. 
 
 Drudge also talked about the success of his website in sharing and spreading stories with a greater reach than Facebook or other social-media platforms, which he called "bogus." 
 
 "It's just a lot of gnats, a lot of confusion. The reality of the situation is life on Earth has not changed. We need facts, we need events, we need specifics on things. Not all this confusion. It’s almost, they’ve made the Internet over in their image, these corporations," he remarked, "and I think they’re failing." 
 
 Drudge also hinted that because of forthcoming court rulings on copyright, his site's days might be numbered. 
 
 He recounted an exchange with an unnamed Supreme Court justice who he says told him, "Matt, it's over for you. They’ve got the votes now to enforce copyright law. You’re out of there. They’re gonna make it so ... you can’t even use headlines." 
 
 "Wait until these copyright laws work their way up, and the Supreme Court decides you cannot have a website with news headlines linking across the board. Then that will end for me," Drudge said. 
 
 "Fine, I’ve had a hell of a run," he continued. "It’s 20 years next year or 20 years about now. Hell of a run. I couldn’t have gone any farther. I feel completely — I have gone as far out of the galaxy as I can on this. I still wanna stay out here. But I have gone pretty damn far for what one individual can do in this culture. But I’m talking about the future. 
 
 "So I don’t know why they’ve been successful in pushing everybody into these little ghettos of these Facebooks and these tweets and these Instagrams — these instas. This is ghetto. This is corporate. They’re taking your energy. They’re taking your energy and you’re getting nothing in return. Nothing," Drudge said. "Ultimately, it’s boring, and the kids are always off to something new. Except for the something new is owned by the same freakin' company or financed by the same banking system.” ||||| Matt Drudge, one of the most influential people in the news business, gave a rare interview — to a self-identified libertarian radio host — on Tuesday. 
 
 The reclusive founder of the Drudge Report spoke with Infowars' Alex Jones on Jones' namesake radio show. And for a full 45 minutes, the two addressed a wide range of topics while Drudge sat off-camera. 
 
 Among other things, they talked about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the broader 2016 presidential race, the corporatization of the media landscape, world-government conspiracies, and the future of humanity. 
 
 Some of the highlights are below. 
 
 Hillary Clinton 
 
 Drudge, who busted open the Lewinsky scandal, apparently thinks there's a media cover-up of another Clinton sex scandal. 
 
 "They've always said, 'Oh, he's a right-wing gossip-monger,'" Drudge said of his critics. "Mainly because of Lewinsky and those years — which by the way, are back. Why aren't we seeing Hillary's lovers? Excuse me, why aren't we seeing Hillary's lovers? Where's the cover-up on this?" 
 
 He also argued that Clinton was not physically healthy: 
 
 You've got to be the greatest you can be now — now! — before this country is so completely altered and we're left with Hillary's brain in the Oval Office in a jar. Because that's what we're getting: She's old and she's sick. She's not a contender. They're making her a contender with these propped-up 'Saturday Night Light' things. It's like a head on a stick. 
 
 But he predicted she would still win: 
 
 How sick are the American people right now? I've been saying they could put Hillary Clinton's brain in a jar in the Oval Office and she'd be elected. People are really sick. I think you know this deep in your soul, and this is why you get demoralized here on this very set. People are sick. 
 
 While he warned about the future Clinton administration: 
 
 Hillary Clinton with the NSA? Good luck if you dissent. Good luck if you dissent. [Edward] Snowden, I'll switch places with you: You can come over here and rot in hell, because that's what it's going to be. 
 
 The 2016 race 
 
 Drudge name-checked a few other presidential candidates throughout the discussion, including real-estate mogul Donald Trump, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont): 
 
 Trump comes along, says a few things — just a few things! — and soars to the top of the list. That's profound. Imagine if we actually had a good selection of candidates who were saying a lot. And I know Cruz and Rand and all the rest ... Where it's going to end up, I don't know. I'm very pessimistic — I'm very pessimistic — on this race because I'm just not sure it's not going to end up with the dreaded brain in the jar in the Oval Office once known as Hillary Clinton. 
 
 He further complained that the Democrats weren't offering any top-tier candidates who were relatively young: 
 
 Can the Democrats find anybody under the age of 70? What is this oldness in a vibrant country that needs to go forward to a new century? So I don't know. I'm hoping for surprises. I'm hoping for some jolts. We'll have to see. 
 
 Social media 
 
 Drudge was clearly not a fan of Twitter and Facebook: 
 
 I'm not on Facebook. I don't do the socials. I've got that little Twitter thing — even that's kind of disgusting. ... I'm just warning this country that yes, don't get into this false sense that you are an individual when you're on Facebook. No, you're not. You're a pawn in their scheme. 
 
 He also slammed "meaningless" tweets as a distraction from more important news events: 
 
 In the beginning, they were dismissing the internet. They were pooh-poohing it … Now they make it over in their image. Now it's these endless, monotonous tweets. Meaningless — meaningless! — to me. It's just a lot of gnats, a lot of confusion. When the reality of the situation is life on earth has not changed. We need facts. We need events. We need specifics on things. Not all this confusion. 
 
 Corporate influence over the media 
 
 One of the most consistent themes of the interview was Drudge's dystopian view of the media landscape: 
 
 Drudge [Report], to me, when I look at it right now is a correction to this groupthink. There's no difference from any of these websites. You go up and down — we talk about this — what's the difference between the websites? Between a Slate or a Salon or a BuzzFeed or a HuffPo — what is the difference? There isn't any! And this is travesty. It's almost like a weird conglomerate of groupthink that has developed in a dynamic era that should be vibrating. 
 
 Drudge claimed to have talked to a Supreme Court justice who said the high court had the votes to rule against news aggregators like him: 
 
 They're getting ready for these decisions to come. You thought Obamacare was shocking? You thought some of these other decisions were shocking? Wait until these copyright laws work their way up and the Supreme Court decides you cannot have a website with news headlines linking across the board. Then that will end for me. Fine, I've had a hell of a run. 
 
 The future of humanity 
 
 Jones directly asked Drudge whether, in his heart, he felt that humanity was going to "make it the next 100 years." Drudge answered affirmatively but then mused about what natural disasters or the government could do to prevent that: 
 
 Of course — unless Mother Nature decides. I'm a big fan of letting Mother Nature decide some of this too. We can't control a lot of this. There is a law to the universe. There just is. There's just a law to the universe. We could have the San Andreas [Fault] rip tonight … Will we survive? I'm sure we will. Will we be not allowed to speak as we are today? Well, we'll have it documented that we were allowed to speak that way once. 
 
 So I don't know. Am I optimistic? For myself, personally, yes I'm strong. There's not much they can do. They could laser beam me, they could drone me, they can plutonium me, they could do whatever they wanted. But spiritually, I'm set. 
 
 Watch below: ||||| Conservative media entrepreneur Matt Drudge gave a very rare public interview on Tuesday in which he lashed out at Hillary Clinton, mainstream media and the uniformity of American culture in the digital age. 
 
 The exchange provided a glimpse into the mind of one of the most influential yet reclusive figures in American political media today. 
 
 In a rambling, wide-ranging discussion with Alex Jones, a radio show host and conspiracy theorist, Drudge admonished "the sickness of the American people," who he said were forfeiting individual thought and becoming slaves to Internet companies. 
 
 Blind to the realities of the current political situation, Drudge said voters were now likely to install "Hillary's brain in the Oval Office in a jar." 
 
 The founder of the Drudge Report also called Clinton "old and sick," and blamed the media for covering up stories about extramarital affairs. 
 
 "Why aren't we seeing Hillary's lovers?" Drudge asked Jones. "Why aren't we seeing Hillary's lovers?" 
 
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 The nearly 45-minute rant oscillated wildly between familiar critiques of the establishment and paranoid conspiracy theories with little basis in reality. At one point, Drudge suggested that the Obama administration came up with the name "ISIS" -- for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria -- because it sounded like the last name of Rep. Darrell Issa, the Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. 
 
 Drudge also refused to appear on camera for Jones' live stream, his disembodied voice issuing pronouncements, Wizard-of-Oz like, from beyond the void. 
 
 "You're playing in Google's Hell pit!" Drudge said of people who used various digital and social media services, instead of creating their own individual platforms on the Internet. "The Internet is what you make of it." 
 
 Drudge has wielded immense influence over American political media for two decades. In 1995, he launched The Drudge Report, a simple webpage that aggregates the day's news under sensational headlines, often fueling conservatives' worst fears about the left, the media and, at times, the decline of American civilization. 
 
 The Drudge Report's obituary has been written many times by members of the mainstream media, and yet Drudge Report always reasserts its influence. The site draws more than 2 million unique viewers a day and remains the No. 1 site for referrals to political news sites. Getting "Drudged" -- that is, having your story linked to by Drudge Report -- remains one of the most coveted goals for media organizations seeking web traffic. 
 
 But Drudge's influence goes beyond that: Politico, which recently named Drudge one of the top 50 most influential figures in American politics, notes that Drudge "helps to write the narrative" of each presidential campaign -- which is why his critiques and conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton are so notable. 
 
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– For all his influence in the media biz, Matt Drudge himself is downright invisible. But the creator of the Drudge Report gave a rare interview to radio host Alex Jones Tuesday in which he offered up his views on topics ranging from Hillary Clinton to social media. (Drudge remained off-camera in the show's webcam, but you can hear him here.) Some snippets, from CNNMoney, Politico, and Business Insider: Clinton: Referring to his own critics, he said, "They've always said, 'Oh, he's a right-wing gossip-monger.' Mainly because of (Monica) Lewinsky and those years—which by the way, are back. Why aren't we seeing Hillary's lovers? Excuse me, why aren't we seeing Hillary's lovers? Where's the cover-up on this?" He also said that "she's old and she's sick." Clinton, II: "I've been saying they could put Hillary Clinton's brain in a jar in the Oval Office and she'd be elected. People are really sick." 2016 race: "Trump comes along, says a few things—just a few things!—and soars to the top of the list. That's profound. Imagine if we actually had a good selection of candidates who were saying a lot. ... Where it's going to end up, I don't know. I'm very pessimistic—I'm very pessimistic—on this race because I'm just not sure it's not going to end up with the dreaded brain in the jar in the Oval Office once known as Hillary Clinton." Facebook: "I'm not on Facebook. I don't do the socials. I've got that little Twitter thing—even that's kind of disgusting. ... I'm just warning this country that yes, don't get into this false sense that you are an individual when you're on Facebook. No, you're not. You're a pawn in their scheme." Twitter: "Now it's these endless, monotonous tweets. Meaningless—meaningless!—to me. It's just a lot of gnats, a lot of confusion. When the reality of the situation is life on Earth has not changed. We need facts. We need events. We need specifics on things. Not all this confusion."