I first heard about Drudge when Rush mentioned him on his show around 1998. It was when the Monica Lewinsky story broke. Newsweek had killed the story, and Drudge came out with the scoop that they had done so,which put Drudge on the map. I wnt to his website and found a link to “Whitewater”, which led me to Free Republic. I have probably visited his site 3 times since then. Why does anybody here read Drudge any longer? His usefulness ended in 1998 (IMO).
Because he is first on a lot of things. A lot of the material that people find interesting on FR is found by members on Drudge who then post it to FR.