(1)199865438+1October 17 Late at night, Matt Draghi sent a sensational message to nearly 50,000 news and mail subscribers around the world with the title "exclusive news in the world", the key content of which was: "Saturday (Saturday). As soon as Draghi's story went online, it spread rapidly at an alarming rate. On Monday, the Draghi report updated the news, pointing out for the first time that Monica Lewinsky was a White House intern, and provided Lewinsky's resume. Subsequently, he constantly provided new information, which attracted more and more public attention. This so-called "zipper door incident" was instigated by Draghi and his blog site, and eventually evolved into an anecdote that sensationalized the world. 1In August 1998, Clinton was forced to admit his mistake and apologize to the whole country.
(2) 1998 When this incident was raging, Joan Derman, a mass communication scholar, commented on Draghi in this way: Draghi's historical position lies not in his personal talent, but only in his early understanding and full exploration of the great potential of the Internet in news communication. Through revolutionary and unprecedented online media, Draghi showed a new way of news dissemination. Under this style, a small gift shop manager, with the help of a personal computer, gathered more readers than Time magazine in a small room in Hollywood through the Internet, constantly broadcasting sensational exclusive news-this miracle made the history of news communication enter the so-called network era.