Rogers Cadenhead

He has also been a contributor to Suck.com and previously authored a syndicated question-and-answer column for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram called "Ask Ed Brice.

Some readers may be confused between the two websites because the typography and page layouts are almost identical,[9] and this is no coincidence since the site was deliberately designed to be like Drudge's website, using "the same style of type, the same rows of links to other journalists and columnists, the same screaming, sensational headlines trumpeting world exclusives".

"[13][14][15][16] In June 2008, the Associated Press filed seven DMCA takedown requests against Cadenhead for stories published by users on the Drudge Retort reproducing from 39 to 79 words of AP articles.

has concerns that go all the way down to one or two sentences of quoting, they need to tell people what they think is legal and where the boundaries are," Cadenhead told the New York Times.

[17] The affair led AP to change its policy and install new technologies to protect its work.