““When I meet people, they go, “You’re Matt Drudge?’ ’’ the unassuming cyberhermit says. An info junkie since childhood, Drudge quit his job at a CBS gift shop in 1995 to start up his Web site (www.drudgereport.com), a link to all the major newspap ers, wires and columnists. His hard-boiled ““flashes,’’ syndicated and e-mailed to 55,000 subscribers ““when circumstances warrant,’’ are where news breaks. Deep Throats e-mail back scoops ranging from Kemp as Dole’s running mate to the plot of ““The Los t World.’’ He’s taken meetings at Microsoft, but so far big-money offers haven’t swayed from staying ““lean and mean.’’ Anyone can be a player. Sometimes it’s smarter to play the drudge.
